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Trampolines have been a source of home entertainment and exercise for decades. Recently, however, trampoline parks have increased in popularity. In 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended against recreational trampoline use due to injury risk but noted there was insufficient data regarding trampoline parks (Pediatrics 2012; 130:774).
These researchers used a nationwide injury surveillance database to characterize the nearly 1 million pediatric trampoline-related emergency department (ED) visits from 2008 to 2017. Fractures accounted for 27% of these ED visits, and the proportion of all pediatric fractures related to trampoline use nearly doubled over the study period (3.6% to 6.2%), with the steepest rise occurring after t…