Pediatric safety: review of the susceptibility of children with disabilities to injuries involving movement related events.
Children
Collision
Disabilities
Pediatric safety
Ride-on toy
Toy-related injuries
Journal
Injury epidemiology
ISSN: 2197-1714
Titre abrégé: Inj Epidemiol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101652639
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
21
11
2018
accepted:
28
02
2019
entrez:
28
6
2019
pubmed:
28
6
2019
medline:
28
6
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Toy-related injuries have increased significantly in the past decade, in particular those related to ride-on toys. This increase has been attributed to movement related events such as falls and inertial impacts. Furthermore, children with disabilities have been reported to be at a greater risk of being injured, and are therefore more susceptible to toy-related injuries. Although, efforts are being made to modify ride-on toys as a method for increasing quality of life in children with disabilities, there are very limited pediatric safety studies regarding children with disabilities and modified ride-on toys. This manuscript presents a systematic review of literature summarizing the current state of toy-related injuries including children with and without disabilities. Children exposed to inertial impacts in motor vehicle crashes have also been reviewed to present current pediatric safety testing methodologies and injury tolerance thresholds. Out of 2608 articles, 10 studies were included regarding current trends in toy-related injuries and safety testing methodologies. From this study, a gap in the literature was discovered concerning the susceptibility of children with disabilities to toy-related injuries, specifically in relation to ride-on toys and the repercussion surrounding such injuries. It is theorized that such lack of data is due to the difficulty and costs associated with experimental validation. Hence, it is recommended that computer simulations be used to provide preliminary data analysis.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Toy-related injuries have increased significantly in the past decade, in particular those related to ride-on toys. This increase has been attributed to movement related events such as falls and inertial impacts. Furthermore, children with disabilities have been reported to be at a greater risk of being injured, and are therefore more susceptible to toy-related injuries. Although, efforts are being made to modify ride-on toys as a method for increasing quality of life in children with disabilities, there are very limited pediatric safety studies regarding children with disabilities and modified ride-on toys.
METHODS
METHODS
This manuscript presents a systematic review of literature summarizing the current state of toy-related injuries including children with and without disabilities. Children exposed to inertial impacts in motor vehicle crashes have also been reviewed to present current pediatric safety testing methodologies and injury tolerance thresholds. Out of 2608 articles, 10 studies were included regarding current trends in toy-related injuries and safety testing methodologies.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
From this study, a gap in the literature was discovered concerning the susceptibility of children with disabilities to toy-related injuries, specifically in relation to ride-on toys and the repercussion surrounding such injuries. It is theorized that such lack of data is due to the difficulty and costs associated with experimental validation. Hence, it is recommended that computer simulations be used to provide preliminary data analysis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31245261
doi: 10.1186/s40621-019-0189-8
pii: 189
pmc: PMC6582671
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
12Subventions
Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : R25 HD094335
Pays : United States
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interestsAbbey Fraser declares that she has no conflict of interest. Dao Doan declares that she has no conflict of interest. Mary Lundy declares that she has no conflict of interest. Grant Bevill declares that he has no conflict of interest. Juan Aceros declares that he has no conflict of interest. The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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