This study describes the outcomes, circumstances and severity of injuries to children who were admitted to trauma centers with injuries. The injuries are all skating related. Results of the study are as follows. About 75% of the study sample were male (75.8%, to be exact), almost half of the study participants' injuries occurred on roads (47.8%), and more than one third of the injuries were to the head. Comparing the different forms of skating, the figures are as follows. A little more than half of the skateboarders (50.8%) had head injuries, compared with 33.7% of inline skaters and 18.8% of roller skaters. The Injury Severity Score categorizes injuries to skateboarders as eight times more likely to be critical or severe as compared with injuries to roller skaters, and at least twice as likely to be critical or severe than injuries' to inline skaters.
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