Bikes & Broken Bones
Although the number of children in the U.S. who suffer bone fractures while riding a bicycle has declined steadily over the last two decades, a recent study suggests there is more work to do to teach road safety and promote the use of bike helmets: More than one million U.S. children fractured a bone while riding a bicycle over the past 20 years, and most of them were boys between ages 10 to 15 years old, according to research presented during the 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition. Authors of the abstract […] found that, despite efforts to make roads more bike-friendly, over 65,000 injuries occurred in an accident involving a motor vehicle. About 85% of children who sustained a skull fracture while riding bicycles were not wearing helmets. The researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia noticed certain trends , with one group in particular at higher risk for fractures and other serious injuries: 10-to-15-year-old boy...