Trampolines are widely used by children, but trampoline injuries can be severe and may require hospital care or even surgery. This pilot study examined the effectiveness of an educational intervention on caregivers' perceptions of trampoline use and safety for their children. Primary caregivers were recruited from the orthopedic clinic at the Children's Hospital at our institution in 2015. Care...

OBJECTIVES To quantify and describe trampoline-related injuries in children attending an urban pediatric emergency department. METHODS Retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients attending a children's emergency department with trampoline-related injuries over a 3-month period (May-July 2005). RESULTS One hundred and sixty-eight children were treated for trampoline-related injuries d...

OBJECTIVES To describe the epidemiology of emergency department (ED) visits for trampoline-related injuries among U.S. children from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2005, using the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) and to compare recent trampoline injury demographics and injury characteristics with those previously published for 1990-1995 using the same data source. METH...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Trampoline parks, indoor recreational facilities with wall-to-wall trampolines, are increasing in number and popularity. The objective was to identify trends in emergency department visits for trampoline park injuries (TPIs) and compare TPI characteristics with home trampoline injuries (HTIs). METHODS Data on trampoline injuries from the National Electronic Injury Sur...

Trampoline fractures are transversely oriented impaction fractures of the proximal tibia sustained by young children jumping on a trampoline. Unaware of the mechanism of this specific nontraumatic fracture, physicians may fail to detect these fractures on plain radiographs, as radiological findings may be very subtle. In this case report, we present a rare case of bilateral trampoline fractures...

Despite previous recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics discouraging home use of trampolines, recreational use of trampolines in the home setting continues to be a popular activity among children and adolescents. This policy statement is an update to previous statements, reflecting the current literature on prevalence, patterns, and mechanisms of trampoline-related injuries. Mo...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of a predefined mini-trampoline therapy programme for increasing postural control, mobility and the ability to perform activities of daily living after stroke. DESIGN Randomized non-blinded controlled pilot study. SETTING Neurological rehabilitation hospital. SUBJECTS First-time stroke; age 18-80 years; independent standing ability for a minimum of 2 m...

Injuries resulting from the use of trampolines have been well documented in the medical literature for the past 50 years.[1]-[16] Trampoline injuries continue to increase over time.[1][15][17]-[19] One study [1] showed a 98% increase in trampoline injuries between 1990 and 1995. Many of these injuries require hospitalization with or without surgery, and result in permanent morbidity.[1][2][4]-[...

Video games can empower their players beyond reality, giving them extraordinary abilities. We investigate a novel class of games that provide empowerment in both the real and the virtual world, in this case using a trampoline as part of the human-computer interface. We studied whether novice trampoline jumpers can learn trampolining skills while playing a platform jumping game implemented using...