Historical and projected fractures associated with mobility scooters presenting to U.S. emergency departments: 2004-2025.
Introduction: The proportion of mobility scooter users in the United States continues to rise. However, these devices impart a substantial yet underappreciated risk of serious injury - namely, fractures - on users. Methods: The purpose of this cross-sectional, retrospective study was to use the Nati...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Orthopaedics Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 280 - 284 |
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Professor PK Surendran Memorial Education Foundation
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=139554335&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 139554335 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 25899082 1CUL jtl: Journal of Orthopaedics issn: 25899082 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul/Aug2019 vid: 16 iid: 4 pid: 24594 pub: Professor PK Surendran Memorial Education Foundation artinfo: ui: 139554335 139554335 139554335 10.1016/j.jor.2019.03.011 139554335 ppf: 280 ppct: 4 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Historical and projected fractures associated with mobility scooters presenting to U.S. emergency departments: 2004-2025. aug: au: Pirruccio, Kevin Sloan, Matthew Sheth, Neil P. affil: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA sug: subj: Osteoarthritis Complications Motorized Mobility Scooters Adverse Effects Fractures Risk Factors Fractures Trends Emergency Care Risk Assessment Human United States Cross Sectional Studies Retrospective Design Linear Regression Confidence Intervals Aged Aged, 80 and Over White Persons Home Environment Public Spaces Fractures Epidemiology Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over ab: Introduction: The proportion of mobility scooter users in the United States continues to rise. However, these devices impart a substantial yet underappreciated risk of serious injury - namely, fractures - on users. Methods: The purpose of this cross-sectional, retrospective study was to use the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) to quantify the national burden of these device-associated fractures between 2004 and 2017, analyzing in two-year intervals. We also projected estimates to 2025, and described the demographic characteristics of those injured. Results: We found that national estimates of device-associated fractures increased significantly between the 2004-2005 (N=2583; C.I. 1851 - 3316) and 2016-2017 (N=6553; C.I. 5026 - 8081) periods (p < 0.001). A linear regression model (R² =0.89; P=0.002) was applied to project 9824 such fractures (C.I. 8273-11,328) in the 2024-2025 period. Injured patients were commonly over age 65 (63.5%; C.I. 57.7%-69.4%) and white (61.4%; C.I. 50.7% - 72.1). Fractures often occurred at home (28.6%; C.I. 22.0%-35.3%) or in public (26.0%; C.I. 21.1%-30.9%). Conclusion: Our study suggests that osteoarthritic patients relying on mobility scooters to manage pain during ambulation should be considered candidates for total joint replacement procedures. This may help minimize the growing economic and health burden of mobility scooter fractures. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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