A Public Health Review into Two Decades of Domestic Trampoline Injuries in Children within Queensland, Australia.

Eager, D; Zhou, S; Barker, R; Catchpoole, J; Sharwood, LN

A Public Health Review into Two Decades of Domestic Trampoline Injuries in Children within Queensland, Australia.

Eager, D

Zhou, S Barker, R Catchpoole, J Sharwood, LN

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Publisher:: MDPI
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023, 20, (3), pp. 1742
Issue Date:: 2023-01-18

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dc.contributor.author	Eager, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1926-7867
dc.contributor.author	Zhou, S
dc.contributor.author	Barker, R
dc.contributor.author	Catchpoole, J
dc.contributor.author	Sharwood, LN
dc.date.accessioned	2023-11-07T03:14:25Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-14
dc.date.available	2023-11-07T03:14:25Z
dc.date.issued	2023-01-18
dc.identifier.citation	Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023, 20, (3), pp. 1742
dc.identifier.issn	1661-7827
dc.identifier.issn	1660-4601
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/173167
dc.description.abstract	Trampolining as an activity brings enjoyment and many health benefits, but at the same time it carries an injury risk. Most domestic trampoline users are children who are developing in skill, cognition, risk perception, physical strength and resilience to injury. Several common patterns of child trampoline injuries have been identified and countermeasures outlined in standards have been taken to reduce higher risk injury mechanisms, such as entrapment and falls from the trampoline through design, product and point of sale labelling. In Australia, the first national trampoline standard was published in 2003 which introduced improvements in trampoline design and requirements for labelling and padding. This work investigated the potential impact of these and subsequent changes based on almost two decades of emergency department trampoline injury data collected in Queensland, Australia. These data describe the changing representative proportion and pattern of trampoline injuries in Queensland over time by age, mechanism, gender, severity and nature of injury of injured persons up to the age of 14 years. The interrelationships between different injury characteristics were also analysed to propose the main factors influencing injury occurrence and severity. These findings seem to indicate that safety evolution in the form of enclosure nets, frame impact attenuation and entrapment protection have likely improved domestic trampoline safety. Other factors, such as adult supervision, minimum age and avoidance of multiple users, could further reduce injury but are harder to influence in the domestic setting.
dc.format	Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	MDPI
dc.relation.ispartof	Int J Environ Res Public Health
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3390/ijerph20031742
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Toxicology
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Child
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Queensland
dc.subject.mesh	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Emergency Service, Hospital
dc.subject.mesh	Athletic Injuries
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Athletic Injuries
dc.subject.mesh	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Child
dc.subject.mesh	Emergency Service, Hospital
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Queensland
dc.subject.mesh	Adult
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Child
dc.subject.mesh	Adolescent
dc.subject.mesh	Queensland
dc.subject.mesh	Public Health
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Emergency Service, Hospital
dc.subject.mesh	Athletic Injuries
dc.title	A Public Health Review into Two Decades of Domestic Trampoline Injuries in Children within Queensland, Australia.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	20
utslib.location.activity	Switzerland
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Centre for Health Technologies (CHT)
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dc.date.updated	2023-11-07T03:14:22Z
pubs.issue	3
pubs.publication-status	Published online
pubs.volume	20
utslib.citation.issue	3

Abstract:

Trampolining as an activity brings enjoyment and many health benefits, but at the same time it carries an injury risk. Most domestic trampoline users are children who are developing in skill, cognition, risk perception, physical strength and resilience to injury. Several common patterns of child trampoline injuries have been identified and countermeasures outlined in standards have been taken to reduce higher risk injury mechanisms, such as entrapment and falls from the trampoline through design, product and point of sale labelling. In Australia, the first national trampoline standard was published in 2003 which introduced improvements in trampoline design and requirements for labelling and padding. This work investigated the potential impact of these and subsequent changes based on almost two decades of emergency department trampoline injury data collected in Queensland, Australia. These data describe the changing representative proportion and pattern of trampoline injuries in Queensland over time by age, mechanism, gender, severity and nature of injury of injured persons up to the age of 14 years. The interrelationships between different injury characteristics were also analysed to propose the main factors influencing injury occurrence and severity. These findings seem to indicate that safety evolution in the form of enclosure nets, frame impact attenuation and entrapment protection have likely improved domestic trampoline safety. Other factors, such as adult supervision, minimum age and avoidance of multiple users, could further reduce injury but are harder to influence in the domestic setting.

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