Study reveals kids` roller shoes may cause danger

Released on = June 13, 2007, 1:20 pm

Press Release Author = Lala C. Ballatan

Industry = Law

Press Release Summary = A recently concluded study focused on injuries caused by
kids' roller shoes showed that a substantial percentage of kids sustained injuries
when wearing roller shoes and mostly during the period when they are just learning
to use them. Among the 67 children injured from kids' roller shoes show that none
are wearing any kind of protective equipment. The study was conducted during a
school vacation of 10 weeks.

Press Release Body = A recently concluded study focused on injuries caused by kids'
roller shoes showed that a substantial percentage of kids sustained injuries when
wearing roller shoes and mostly during the period when they are just learning to use
them. Among the 67 children injured from kids' roller shoes show that none are
wearing any kind of protective equipment. The study was conducted during a school
vacation of 10 weeks.

Los Angeles, California, June 12, 2007 - Following this study, parents are reminded
to make their children understand the importance of wearing protective gear in using
the roller shoes. When their children are in the learning process of using roller
shoes, parents must always make sure that their child are wearing gears to protect
them against injuries.

The first ever roller shoes in the market was Heelys introduced last 2000. Since the
first release, they have become popular and in-demand all over the world. Other
companies started to make their very own versions of roller shoes. The Street
Gliders are actually wheels that could be strapped into running shoes.

In order to have a better understanding in the risks involved in wearing and using
roller shoes, the research team of Vioreanu and other researchers started analyzing
the actual injuries caused by the roller shoe. These happened during the summer
vacation of 2006. During this period, 11 boys and 56 girls were hurt wearing the
roller shoes. The injuries involved the upper limbs like fractures in the arm and
hand and dislocations in the elbow.

Using these injured subjects, they found out that in five, one happened when the
children were trying on the roller shoes for the first time. More than a third of
them were hurt while they are learning to use the shoes.

About 70% of the children considered themselves as beginners where roller shoes are
concerned. However, even if more than half of them have been hurt using the roller
shoes, they still intend to use them again.

The United States did not impose regulations concerning the use or sale of the
roller shoes. However, special attention needs to be paid by parents for children
who are into roller shoes. They must make sure that their kids wear the necessary
protective gear when using roller shoes, especially the wrist guards.

It is suggested by the researchers for the government to issue some marketing
recommendations of roller shoes and a statute regarding its use.

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