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

Name: Re-thinking the surface design: How to prevent playground related extremity injuries in children
Author: Aman, Doğa Dinemis

İsim	Re-thinking the surface design: How to prevent playground related extremity injuries in children
Yazar	Aman, Doğa Dinemis
Basım Tarihi:	2023
Basım Yeri	- İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
Konu	Child injury, Falling space, Play equipment, Playground design, Surface material
Tür	Süreli Yayın
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Demirbaş Numarası	2564-7474
Kayıt Numarası	1ea68ba8-b237-4e9a-a640-01d8a81f629f
Lokasyon	Architecture
Tarih	2023
Örnek Metin	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.
DOI	10.58278/0.2023.10
Cilt	20

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

Yazar Aman, Doğa Dinemis

Basım Tarihi 2023

Basım Yeri - İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

Konu Child injury, Falling space, Play equipment, Playground design, Surface material

Tür Süreli Yayın

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Demirbaş Numarası 2564-7474

Kayıt Numarası 1ea68ba8-b237-4e9a-a640-01d8a81f629f

Lokasyon Architecture

Tarih 2023

Örnek Metin 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.

DOI 10.58278/0.2023.10

Cilt 20