Characterizing Emergency Department Visits for Product-Related Head Injuries in the United States 2014 to 2024
Head injury rates increased over the study period, with variation by age group. Involved products differed significantly by age group, with organized sports (football, basketball, soccer, and baseball) equipment being common in adolescents and floors/structural items (floors, beds, and stairs) being common in the elderly. These findings can inform public health policy and education.
Authors
- Annabelle Shaffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7842-9067)
- Nathan C. Pecoraro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4944-9496)
- Nicholas D. Soulakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7666-8977)
- Paul M. Arnold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4622-7695)
- Arne Peters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7457-9786)
- Caroline Hensing
- David Gonzalez-Velez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5181-1052)
Institutions
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Illinois College (US)
- Loyola University Chicago (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
- Loyola Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acepjo.2025.100256
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00