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According to the researchers, between 1990 and 2014, 230,676 people were injured in children under 15 months of age, according to data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System.
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New study reveals that babies in the United States are injured in baby walkers at more than five a day. Although the number of injuries has dropped significantly over the last three decades, there are still many, according to the researchers.
According to the researchers, between 1990 and 2014, 230,676 people were injured in children under 15 months of age, according to data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System.
According to the co-author of the study, Dr. Gary Smith, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Nationwide Hospital for Children in Columbus, Ohio, only children seen in emergency departments hospitals have been included.
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"Baby walkers give fast mobility – up to four feet per second – to young children before they're ready for development," Smith said in an email. "Trotters remain a serious and preventable injury to young children and should not be used. There are safer alternatives, such as fixed activity centers that spin, rock and bounce, but have no wheels, and a good old time where the child is placed on the belly and can learn to grow gradually. up, then crawl and eventually walk. "
The majority of injuries occurred when a child in a walker fell down the stairs, often injuring the head or neck. according to the study published in pediatrics
Injury declined by 84.5% between 1990 and 2003, likely due to a voluntary safety standard adopted by manufacturers. Over the same period, falls related to the fall of the stairs decreased by 91%. In 2010, a mandatory federal safety standard was established and the annual number of injuries related to walkers decreased further, this time by 22.7%.
Despite these decreases, 2,000 children were injured in 2014.
So why are parents still buying baby walkers?
"Many parents think that walkers provide their children with entertainment, promote walking and provide activity for the baby while parents are busy doing something else," Smith said. "Walkers do not promote walking. In fact, other studies have shown that walkers can temporarily delay mental and motor development. "
In the end, Smith said, "Trotters do not provide any substantial benefit to children and pose a risk of serious injury. Due to the lack of benefits and serious injuries that can result from the use of trotters, we support the call of the American Academy of Pediatrics for the prohibition of the manufacture, sale and importation of trotters .
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This is something Dr. Leticia Manning Ryan would also like to see.
"Although there have been efforts to reduce injuries, which have reduced some of them, we still see them," said Ryan, who leads pediatric emergency medicine research at Johns Hopkins University. "Since the product offers no benefit and there are safer alternatives, I support the recommendation to ban the manufacture and sale of trotters".
Children can walk in these walkers, Ryan said. "Parents may not realize until they try to prevent a child from reaching the stairs or anything dangerous," she said. "We still see these injuries in pediatric emergency. Injuries can be very serious. You sometimes see broken skulls.
In fact, Smith said, "A previous study we conducted on the wounds related to walkers treated in the emergency department of Nationwide Children's Hospital revealed that about one in ten injuries was a fractured skull. In addition, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that there were eight deaths of children associated with baby walkers from 2004 to 2008. "
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