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

School Playground Surfacing - A Randomized Prospective Comparison of Injury Rates on Sand Versus Wood Chip Surfaces

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00213174
Enrollment
34
Registered
2005-09-21
Start date
2005-01-31
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2013-08-15

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Conditions

Closed Head Injury, Wounds and Injuries

Keywords

pediatrics, injury, arm fractures, trauma, playground surfaces, fractures

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.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALschool playgrounds

Sponsors

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
CollaboratorOTHER_GOV
The Hospital for Sick Children
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 11 Years
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

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Upper extremity fracture rates—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Fracture rates, upper extremity—
Head injury rates—
All injury rates—

Countries

Canada

Contacts

Primary ContactAndrew W Howard, MD, MSc
andrew.howard@sickkids.ca416-813-6430

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026