PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - , 
TI  - Skateboard and Scooter Injuries
AID  - 10.1542/peds.109.3.542
DP  - 2002 Mar 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 542--543
VI  - 109
IP  - 3
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/109/3/542.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/109/3/542.full
SO  - Pediatrics2002 Mar 01; 109
AB  - Skateboard-related injuries account for an estimated 50 000 emergency department visits and 1500 hospitalizations among children and adolescents in the United States each year. Nonpowered scooter-related injuries accounted for an estimated 9400 emergency department visits between January and August 2000, and 90% of these patients were children younger than 15 years. Many such injuries can be avoided if children and youth do not ride in traffic, if proper protective gear is worn, and if, in the absence of close adult supervision, skateboards and scooters are not used by children younger than 10 and 8 years, respectively.