Trampoline Park and Home Trampoline Injuries

Kasmire, Kathryn E.; Rogers, Steven C.; Sturm, James T.

doi:10.1542/peds.2016-1236

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“…This study does not compare domestic trampoline injuries to trampoline park injuries; however, Kasmire noted that ITP‐related injuries including open fractures and spinal cord injuries were more frequent and more likely to result in hospital admission compared with domestic trampolines 3 . This study shows similar proportions of injuries requiring hospital admission across all states (12–15%), similar to the New South Wales study 2 and higher than the Kasmire study (8.8%) 3 …”

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Increasing injuries as trampoline parks expand within Australia: a call for mandatory standards

Sharwood

Adams

Blaszkow³

et al. 2018

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Objective: To quantify an apparent increase in indoor trampoline park related injuries in children and young people across Australia, and to understand the implications for current regulatory standards. Methods:Retrospective analyses of three state-based Injury Surveillance databases, identifying children and adolescents presenting to emergency departments between the years 2005 and 2017, who had sustained injuries during trampolining activity at an indoor trampoline park.Results: Across the three datasets, 487 cases were identified. No cases were recorded prior to 2012, the year the first indoor trampoline park opened. At least half occurred among those aged 10-14 years. In Victoria, 58% were male, with 52% in Queensland and 60% in Western Australia being male, respectively. Hospital admission rates in these states were 15%, 11.7% and 14.5%, respectively. The most frequent injury types were dislocations, sprains and strains, followed by fractures, with some head and spinal injuries.Conclusions: Across several states in Australia, the incidence of indoor trampoline park related injuries is concerning, as these venues are increasing in number. Some injuries can be serious and result in lifelong disability for children or adolescents.Implications for public health: National safety standards that apply to indoor trampoline park operators are not currently mandatory; injury prevention efforts would be assisted if such standards were mandatory.

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“…Injuries include fractures and sprains due to falls on or from the mat, and collisions with simultaneous jumpers. Injuries of greater severity including permanent cervical spine injury, skull fractures or traumatic brain injuries, resulting from attempted stunts such as somersaults, have been reported in Australia 2 and internationally 3 …”

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Increasing injuries as trampoline parks expand within Australia: a call for mandatory standards

Sharwood

Adams

Blaszkow³

et al. 2018

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…14 As well as within school, children have many opportunities to engage in PA outside the school environment, with one such place being trampoline parks. Despite concerns regarding safety and injury risk, 15 recently there has been a rise in the number of trampoline parks nationwide in the UK, which are opening at an exponential rate, and are perceived as an exciting adventure activity. 16 It has been said that they help in the development of gross motor skills including jumping, balance and coordination, in addition to promoting the development of social skills and encouraging physical activity participation.…”

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Heart rate, energy expenditure, and affective responses from children participating in trampoline park sessions compared with traditional extra-curricular sports clubs

Budzynski-Seymour¹,

Wade²,

Lawson³

et al. 2019

J Sports Med Phys Fitness

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Heart rate, energy expenditure, and affective responses from children participating in trampoline park sessions compared with traditional extra-curricular sports clubs. SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS Lack of physical activity is widely becoming a concern in younger populations. Inactivity has negative associations with quality of life, in addition to children's academic, social, and physical skills. Further, it may predispose them to poorer health later in life. For most children physical education and extracurricular activities delivered through school are the most apparent opportunities for engagement in physical activity.  However, opportunities for physical activity exist outside of the school environment per se and a place that has seen an increase in popularity in recent years are trampoline parks. The emotional state (feelings) of a child during physical activity is thought to be related to their enjoyment and potentially adherence. Trampoline parks are typically thought of as being exciting adventure based activity and so it was of interest to examine both the heart rate and energy expenditure, in addition to affect, of children taking part in both extracurricular sports (football and netball) compared to a trampoline park session. A group of 26 children (aged 6-11 years, 16 girls and 10 boys) took part in the study.They wore heart rate belts during the activities and gave a rating of their feelings after them too. Data was collected from 3 sessions of both extracurricular sports in addition to trampoline park sessions. The results showed heart rate and energy expenditure were higher during trampoline park sessions, though both activities were classed as moderate-vigorous physical activity. Further, both activities elicited feelings of 'excitement'. Both extracurricular sports clubs and trampoline parks may be viable options for children to engage in physical activity that is sufficiently 'intense' and related to positive feelings. SCIENTIFIC ABSTRACTBackground: Lack of physical activity (PA) is becoming an issue in younger populations. Trampoline parks are newly popular environments for PA yet research on their use is scarce. Thus the present study compared heart rate, energy expenditure, and affective responses in children participating in trampoline park sessions compared with extracurricular sports clubs. Methods: Children (aged 6-11 years; n = 16 females, n = 10 males) participated in 3 trampoline park sessions and 3 extracurricular sports club sessions lasting ~45 minutes over 3 weeks. Heart rate, energy expenditure, and affective responses through the circumplex model, were measured. Results: Both conditions elicited moderate-vigorous PA. Average heart rate (mean difference [95%CIs] = 27.6 fc [23.5 to 31.8]), peak heart rate (mean difference [95%CIs] = 24.2 fc [20.8 to 27.6]) and energy expenditure (mean difference [95%CIs] = 3.2 kcals.min -1 [2.7 to 3.6]) were all significantly higher for the trampoline sessions. Affective responses for both conditions elicited feelings of 'excitement'. Conclusio...

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“…Trampoline accidents, which are increasingly common (Kasmire et al, 2016), are judged as the second most frequent accident and judged alongside dog-bite as being the least dangerous. Children who stated that this accident would be less likely to happen to them in comparison to their peers reasoned that it would not happen to them as 'they had a net around their trampoline'.…”

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Accident frequency and unrealistic optimism: Children’s assessment of risk

Joshi

MacLean

Stevens³

2018

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Accidental injury is a major cause of mortality and morbidity among children, warranting research on their risk perceptions. Three hundred and seven children aged 10-11 years assessed the frequency, danger and personal risk likelihood of 8 accidents. Two social-cognitive biases were manifested. The frequency of rare accidents (e.g. drowning) was overestimated, and the frequency of common accidents (e.g. bike accidents) underestimated; and the majority of children showed unrealistic optimism tending to see themselves as less likely to suffer these accidents in comparison to their peers, offering superior skills or parental control of the environment as an explanation. In the case of pedestrian accidents, children recognised their seriousness, underestimated the frequency of this risk and regarded their own road crossing skill as protection. These findings highlight the challenging task facing safety educators who, when teaching conventional safety knowledge and routines, also need to alert children to the danger of over-confidence without disabling them though fear.

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Trampoline Park and Home Trampoline Injuries

Cited by 47 publications

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Increasing injuries as trampoline parks expand within Australia: a call for mandatory standards

Increasing injuries as trampoline parks expand within Australia: a call for mandatory standards

Heart rate, energy expenditure, and affective responses from children participating in trampoline park sessions compared with traditional extra-curricular sports clubs

Accident frequency and unrealistic optimism: Children’s assessment of risk

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