@article{ref1,
title="Musculoskeletal injuries associated with hoverboard use in children",
journal="Clinical pediatrics",
year="2017",
author="Monteilh, Cecilia and Patel, Prina and Gaffney, John",
volume="56",
number="10",
pages="909-911",
abstract="Hoverboards burst onto the scene with wide popularity only to be quickly deemed unsafe and banned in many arenas. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 35 patients seen in our outpatient pediatric orthopedic office over a 1-year period. The mean age of injured patients was 11.14 years; 18 patients were male (51.4%), and 17 were female (48.5%). The highest number of injuries occurred in children 10 to 14 years old who had 57.1% of the injuries. There were a total of 31 fractures in 27 patients. Most of the fractures were in the upper extremities (93.6 %). Also, 9 soft-tissue injuries were found in 8 patients; 88.9 % of injuries occurred in the upper extremities. Most of the injuries were secondary to a fall (94.3%). We found that the most common injury was upper-extremity fracture. We suggest restricting riding <16 years and encourage protective equipment, especially elbow and wrist guards.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0009-9228",
doi="10.1177/0009922817706143",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0009922817706143"
}