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- Title
The Skateboard--Newest Fad.
- Abstract
This article provides information on the hazards of skateboards. A skateboard is a 2-foot long vehicle that looks like a surfboard and roller skates. According to a report from an orthopedic surgeon, an average of one child a day was admitted to the San Diego Naval Hospital with fractures incurred in skateboarding. The median age of the skateboarding patients in the hospital was 11 and a half and approximately 75% were boys. The greatest hazard of the sport is that the rider may lose his balance and tends to fall of in one direction and the board travels in another.
- Subjects
SKATEBOARDING; HAZARDS; SKATEBOARDS; ROLLER skates; SPORTS; SURFBOARDS; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; PATIENTS; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
Clinical Pediatrics, 1965, Vol 4, Issue 6, p347
- ISSN
0009-9228
- Publication type
Article