Study of Sand Versus Wood Chip Surfaces on School Playgrounds to Minimize Injury in School Children

• Sponsor: The Hospital for Sick Children (Other)
• Overall Status: Unknown status
• CT.gov ID: NCT00213174
• Collaborator: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (Other)
• Enrollment: 34
• Location: 1

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study will compare children's injury rates (arm fracture, head injury and other injuries) when playing on playground equipment on granite sand versus wood fibre playing surfaces.

The hypothesis is that injury rates (arm fracture, head injury and other injuries) among school children are equal on granite sand and wood fibre playground surfaces.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Wounds and Injuries; Closed Head Injury	Behavioral: school playgrounds	Phase 3

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 34 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Official Title: School Playground Surfacing - A Randomized Prospective Comparison of Injury Rates on Sand Versus Wood Chip Surfaces
• Study Start Date: Jan 1, 2005

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Upper extremity fracture rates []

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Fracture rates, upper extremity []

2. Head injury rates []

3. All injury rates []

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 5 Years to 11 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• School children

• Ages 5-11

• Injured on falls from play equipment during supervised school hours

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children injured outside of supervised school hours

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	The Hospital for Sick Children	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	M5G 1X8

Sponsors and Collaborators

• The Hospital for Sick Children
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Andrew W Howard, MD, MSc, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Andrew Howard, Interim Chief, Orthopaedics, The Hospital for Sick Children
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00213174
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1000003531; CIHR: MCT-70318
• First Posted: Sep 21, 2005
• Last Update Posted: Aug 15, 2013
• Last Verified: Aug 1, 2013

• Keywords provided by Andrew Howard, Interim Chief, Orthopaedics, The Hospital for Sick Children: pediatrics; injury; arm fractures; trauma; playground surfaces; fractures
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Craniocerebral Trauma; Head Injuries, Closed; Wounds and Injuries

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 15, 2013