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ReviewPediatric research2025

High speed, high risk: the rise of e-scooter injuries in adolescents.

Katherine E Douglas, Andrew M Fine

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Review in Pediatric research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from 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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Katherine E DouglasPediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, USA.
Andrew M FinePediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, USA. Andrew.Fine@childrens.harvard.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The popularity of eco-friendly electric scooters has led to a rise in significant injuries, especially in adolescents. Teens riding e-scooters are more prone to severe traffic accidents and head injuries compared to those using traditional scooters. Risk-taking behaviors, susceptibility to peer influence, limited road safety experience and a lack of protective headgear exacerbate the risks. These injuries impose a significant burden to patients and to the health care system. To mitigate these risks, age and helmet laws should be strictly enforced, with enhanced public education, safety training, and engineering innovations such as rentable helmets and speed-limiting technology. This public health imperative requires immediate action.

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Accidents, TrafficCraniocerebral TraumaAdolescentAdolescent BehaviorHead Protective DevicesHumansRisk FactorsRisk-Taking

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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.