hoverboard; self-balancing scooter
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Epidemiology
- hoverboards first on U.S. market in 2015
- 27,000 hoverboard injuries among U.S. children in 2015-2016[1]
- fractures most common injuries (40%) > contusions, sprains
- wrist most commonly injured (19%) > forearm (14%) = head (14%)
- no reported injuries due to fires caused by hoverboard batteries[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bandzar S, Funsch DG, Hermansen R, Gupta S, Bandzar A. Pediatric Hoverboard and Skateboard Injuries. Pediatrics March 2018 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29581182 <Internet> http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2018/03/22/peds.2017-1253