The trampoline seems to be an innocent game that amuses the children a lot.

However, this installation would be responsible for many accidents: head injuries, fractures... Pediatricians have been warning for many years about their dangerousness whether they are installed in a garden or used in dedicated parks.

"A few isolated accidents can be particularly dramatic and lead to severe and permanent disability or even death in the event of serious head trauma", warns Monday on

BFMTV

Raphaël Vialle, head of the department of orthopedic and restorative surgery for children at the hospital. Armand Trousseau in Paris.

Rules to be established

To avoid the worst, some precautions should be taken.

“Above all, you shouldn't jump together: whether it's a child or an adult, they can collide.

And with the rebound, the child risks being ejected, ”explains to our colleagues Andreas Werner, president of the French Association of Ambulatory Pediatrics (Afpa).

Playing time must be limited and somersaults prohibited.

An adult must constantly watch the little ones.

A French study carried out between 2008 and 2016 already revealed that trampoline accidents had increased tenfold in eight years.

Children between 5 and 9 years old would be the most affected.

Girls are more affected than boys.

And according to another French study from 2022, the lesions are severe and require surgery under general anesthesia in 16% of cases.

A global phenomenon

Finally, a study published in mid-2022 in

Injury Prevention

by researchers from the University of Sydney (Australia) shows that children going to trampoline parks are even more likely to be seriously injured and hospitalized.

This game is even responsible for 100,000 children's emergency room visits each year in the United States, according to an international survey published in the

British Medical Journal

.

Some pediatricians are campaigning for a ban on this game for children under six.

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