ArticleInjury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention1999
Children's fractures: a population based study.
Article in Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
99 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 263 citations in OpenAlex.
- What to do with K-wires in displaced upper extremity fractures in children - where to bury or not.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026Pooled it
- The incidence of fractures in children under two years of age: a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Pooled it
- Management of 'low-risk' ankle fractures in children: a systematic review.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2019Pooled it
- The National Osteoporosis Foundation's position statement on peak bone mass development and lifestyle factors: a systematic review and implementation recommendations.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016Pooled it
- Forearm diaphyseal fractures in the adolescent population: treatment and management.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2015Pooled it
- Quantifying the risk of sports injury: a systematic review of activity-specific rates for children under 16 years of age.British journal of sports medicine · 2007Pooled it
- Epidemiologic Features of Traumatic Fractures in Children and Adolescents: A 9-Year Retrospective Study.BioMed research international · 2019Trial
- Insulin Resistance and the IGF-I-Cortical Bone Relationship in Children Ages 9 to 13 Years.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2017Trial
- Temporal trend of pediatric fracture epidemiology in Thailand: a nationwide study 2018-2024.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026Article
- Article
- Consumer product-related fractures among children younger than 18 years old treated in United States emergency departments, 1990-2023.Injury epidemiology · 2025Article
- Incidence and determinants of fracture risk in 8,348 Mongolian schoolchildren: secondary analysis of data from a randomised controlled trial.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Article
- Considerations and Challenges of Resorbable Intramedullary Nailing in Pediatric Forearm Fractures.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Evaluating Avoidable Transfers of Pediatric Forearm Fractures to the Emergency Department.Cureus · 2025Article
- Introducing the forearm fracture index to define the diametaphyseal junction zone through clinical evaluation in a cohort of 366 diametaphyseal radius fractures.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2025Article
- Longitudinal effects of childhood recreational gymnastics participation on bone development: The Young Recreational Gymnast Study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Incidence and patterns of pediatric fractures at selected hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2024: a multi-center cross-sectional study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Orthopedic Injuries: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- [Greenstick fractures of the forearm shaft-Is it obligatory or facultative to break the cortex?]Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024Article
39 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Commented on by
Authors and funding
7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveTo measure the incidence of childhood fractures in a defined population.
settingAccident and emergency (A&E) departments covering the Swansea and Neath Port Talbot areas of South Wales in 1996.
methodsLinkage of data from A&E departments with population data to produce fracture incidence rates by anatomical site and cause in children aged 0-14 years.
resultsDuring 1996, 2463 new fractures occurred in 2399 residents yielding a fracture rate of 36.1/1000 children. Fractures were more common in boys than girls and increased with age in both groups. Sports and leisure activities accounted for 36% of fractures, assaults for 3.5%, and road traffic accidents 1.4%. Fractures of the radius/ulna were most frequent (36%).
conclusionsThe fracture rate in South Wales children is twice the rate reported in previous studies. Further research is required to elucidate the reasons behind this high rate. Many fractures could be prevented by the use of safer surfaces in school playgrounds, and wrist protection in in-line skaters and possibly in soccer players.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.