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Injury Insight: ER-Related longboarding and skateboarding injuries
April 30, 2016
Sport & Recreation
This Injury Insight provides an overview of ER visits relating to skateboarding and longboarding among children and youth. Many similarities and differences were detected among injuries due to longboarding as compared to skateboarding.
The BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit is a leader in the production and transfer of injury prevention knowledge and the integration of evidence-based injury prevention practices in the daily lives of those at risk, those who care for them, and those with a mandate for public health and safety in British Columbia.