Injuries Associated With Infant Walkers Still Resulting in ER Visits

17th September, 2018

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[Source: Medical X-Press]

Although infant walkers provide no benefit to children and pose significant injury risk, many are still being used in US homes. A new study from researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital examined characteristics of infant walker-related injuries and evaluated the effect of the 2010 federal mandatory safety standard on these injuries.

The study, published online today in Pediatrics, found that more than 230,000 children younger than 15 months old were treated in hospital emergency departments in the US for infan walker related injuries from 1990 through 2014. The number of infant walker-related injuries decreased dramatically during the study period, dropping from 20,650 in 1990 to 2,001 in 2014. The overall reduction in injuries was primarily due to a decline in falls down stairs.

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