The English Hymnal

Ramsey, Basil; Preston, Shaun R.

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“…Over the years, the results of the studies differ according to material performances that improve over time. Ramsey and Preston (1990) focused on the Impact Attenuation performance of wood mulch, wood chip, sand, and gravel, and manufactured mats, asphalt, and concrete as playground surfacing. Lewis et al (1993) aim to evaluate playground surfaces with respect to impact attenuation and resulted that wood chips were the best alternative rather than sand, grass, gravel, and synthetic mats.…”

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Re-thinking the surface design: How to prevent playground related extremity injuries in children

Dinemiş Aman

2023

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Public playgrounds are specially designed spaces for children to play and develop; however, falls are significant causes of children's injury and are one of the most common mechanisms of injury in emergency departments. The study aims to survey the playground-related mechanism and incidence of extremity injuries in children and rethink the falling surface as designable equipment. The retrospective observational study enrolled 90 children who are injured in playgrounds and visited the emergency department in Istanbul between 2019 and 2020. Later, an observational study was conducted in public playgrounds within the neighborhood boundaries of the emergency department. The results show that the most common playground equipment related to the injury is slides and the most common surfacing material is rubber. The majority of total injuries were classified as upper extremity, and wrist fractures were the predominant injury type. The result of this study shows even with impact-absorbent surfacing such as rubber, fractures occur in children who fall from a certain height. To prevent these falls, rethinking the surface as designable equipment under high play equipment may help slow the fall.

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Section: Safety In Children Playgroundsmentioning

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Re-thinking the surface design: How to prevent playground related extremity injuries in children

Dinemiş Aman

2023

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The English Hymnal

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Re-thinking the surface design: How to prevent playground related extremity injuries in children

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