| Received: | 22 February 2008 |
| Accepted: | 31 July 2008 |
| Published: | 31 July 2008 |
Skateboards: Are they really perilous? A retrospective study from a district hospital
This was a retrospective analysis of skateboard injuries encountered by the Orthopaedic unit in a busy district hospital that caters to a population of about 100000, 28% being children. Being a popular holiday haven, the population triples during the summer. The Orthopaedic unit receives about 2200 trauma admissions, performs 1700 trauma procedures and assesses 5000 new patients in the fracture clinics annually.
Over a five year period (2002 – 2006) we included all skateboard related injuries seen by the Orthopaedic unit. Data was obtained from patient records and radiographs. The following data was collected:
We encountered 50 patients with skateboard related injuries during the study period.40 were males and 39/50 were 15 years of age. The mean age was 15.3 years (Range 6 – 50). Patients were divided into 5 age groups: 0–5, 6–10, 11–15, 16–19,20 years.
We encountered 50 patients with skateboard related injuries during the study period.40 were males and 39/50 were 15 years of age. The mean age was 15.3 years (Range 6 – 50). Patients were divided into 5 age groups: 0–5, 6–10, 11–15, 16–19,20 years.
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