AIM To compare the severity of fractures from playground equipment falls to the severity of fractures from standing height falls occurring on the playground. METHODS This case control study used data on all children presenting to the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) from 1995 to 2002 with a fracture due to a playground fall. Cases were children who fell from a height off playground equipm...

Objectives: To investigate and quantify fall height, surface depth, and surface impact attenuation as risk factors for arm fracture in children who fall from playground equipment. Design: Unmatched case control study. Setting: Five case hospitals and 78 randomly selected control schools. Participants: Children aged less than 13 years in Victoria, Australia who fell from school playground equipm...

OBJECTIVES To investigate and quantify fall height, surface depth, and surface impact attenuation as risk factors for arm fracture in children who fall from playground equipment. DESIGN Unmatched case control study. SETTING Five case hospitals and 78 randomly selected control schools. PARTICIPANTS Children aged less than 13 years in Victoria, Australia who fell from school playground equi...

The determination of plausibility of an injury arising from a fall leading to head trauma is a great challenge especially in young children. The present review is aimed to discuss important developments in the filed of head trauma cases especially in children. We explored various studies pertaining to head trauma injuries in children by exploring mainly PubMed, Google scholar and some library p...

Twelve percent of ED fall presentations were from a height of 1m or above, one quarter of which required hospitalisation, compared to low falls (ie. less than one metre) of which 14% required hospitalisation. The most common location for all child fall injuries was the home with reduced frequency as the age of the child increased. Conversely, the frequency of falls at areas for sporting activit...

Pilon fractures are complex and difficult-to-treat fractures of the lower extremity that account for about 1% of all lower extremity fractures and up to 10% of tibial fractures. The injury is caused by high energy axial load either from motor vehicle accidents or a fall from height. The treatment of these fractures has caused controversy among surgeons due to mixed outcomes. Here we report a ca...