abstract objective development is a complex process, completed over a specific period of time, through the maturation of the nervous system. it is affected by genetic, ethnic, nutritional, social, and economic factors; one of the environmental factors affecting the acquisition of motor skills in infants is the use of baby walkers. since this device is very commonly used for infants in our count...

OBJECTIVE To examine the potential of the New South Wales baby-walker regulation to reduce injury. DESIGN Injury surveillance data were used to reconstruct baby-walker injury incidents, which were examined in conjunction with the 2000 NSW baby-walker regulation, which requires a specified level of stability and a gripping mechanism to stop the walker at the edge of a step. SETTING AND PARTI...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of injury prevention training. DESIGN Cluster randomised controlled trial. SETTING Primary care facilities in the East Midlands area of the United Kingdom. SUBJECTS Midwives and health visitors. INTERVENTION Evidence based training session on the risks associated with baby walkers. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The primary outcome measures were knowledg...

OBJECTIVES To understand the opinion of the parents about the baby walker and compare the age of gait acquisition between infants that used a walker and those that did not. METHODS In this quali-quantitative study, an interview involving a semi-structured questionnaire was carried out with 26 parents, 14 of whose infants used the equipment (BWG) and 12 of whose infants did not (NBWG) prior to...

OBJECTIVES The US Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) is a primary source for children's consumer product injury surveillance data in the US. Differing interpretations of the emergency department based NEISS baby walker data by various parties prompted this detailed examination, reclassification, and analysis of the NEISS data to explain t...

Baby walkers have been associated with burns, head trauma and other types of injury. A retrospective study of all infants under the age of two years attending an accident and emergency unit demonstrated 22 injuries associated with baby walkers from a total of 1049 attendances. The most serious injuries were three skull fractures, with the most common mechanism being of a fall downstairs in the ...

OBJECTIVES To identify conditions related to baby walker injuries in a Greek population. DESIGN Analysis of all baby walker related injuries recorded during a 12 month period by the childhood injury surveillance system established in one of the two teaching hospitals for children serving the population of Athens. SETTING Emergency clinics of A Kyriakou Children's Hospital in Athens, Greece....

Paediatricians were surveyed about baby walker knowledge, attitudes, and practice. Advising about walkers was associated with working in community paediatrics, treating walker related injuries, knowledge about walkers, and positive attitudes towards walker health promotion. Greater knowledge about walkers was associated with more negative attitudes to walkers. Educating paediatricians and paren...