[tz] daylight saving and hospital admissions due to trampolines

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Fri Jun 10 22:48:12 UTC 2016


A research paper published today concludes that in New Zealand, the 
October spring-forward transition is associated with increased incidence 
of hospital admissions for trampoline-related injuries for children aged 
0-15. The most common injuries are fracture of the radius and/or ulna, 
and humeral fracture. Children aged 5-9 were responsible for almost half 
the studied injuries, followed by children aged 0-4.

Sources:

Yule MS, Krishna S, Rahiri J-S, Hill AG. Trampoline-associated injuries 
are more common in children in spring. NZ Med J 129:1436 (2016-06-10), 
6916. 
https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/read-the-journal/all-issues/2010-2019/2016/vol-129-no-1436-10-june-2016/6916

Thomas R. Trampoline-associated injuries are more common in children in 
spring. stuff.co.nz (2016-06-10). 
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/80886934/Trampoline-injuries-spike-in-spring-calls-for-safety-push-around-daylight-savings



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