Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Andrew William Howard
ORCID ID
Contact details
Hospital for Sick Children
Orthopaedic Surgery and Population Health
555
University Avenue
Room S-107
Toronto
Ontario
M5G 1X8
Canada
+1 416 813 6439
andrew.howard@sickkids.ca
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
NCT00213174
Protocol/serial number
MCT-70318
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Injury rates (arm fracture, head injury and other injuries) among school children are equal on granitic sand and wood fibre (fibar) playground surfaces.
Ethics approval
Ethics approval received from the Hospital for Sick Children - University of Toronto - Research Ethics Board, on the 14th May 2004.
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Childrens fractures from falling off play equipment.
Intervention
Granite sand playground surfaces versus wood fibre engineered playground surfaces.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Fracture rates, upper extremity
Secondary outcome measures
Head injury, all injury
Overall trial start date
01/01/2005
Overall trial end date
31/12/2006
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. School children
2. Ages 5 - 11, either sex
3. Injured on falls from play equipment during supervised school hours
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
34 schools
Participant exclusion criteria
Children injured when school is not in session.
Recruitment start date
01/01/2005
Recruitment end date
31/12/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Trial participating centre
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 1X8
Canada
Sponsor information
Organisation
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (Canada)
Sponsor details
555 University Avenue
Toronto
Ontario
M5G 1X8
Canada
+1 416 813 1500
andrew.howard@sickkids.ca
Sponsor type
Hospital/treatment centre
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Funder name
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (Canada) - http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca (ref: MCT-70318)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2009 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20016688
Publication citations
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Results
Howard AW, Macarthur C, Rothman L, Willan A, Macpherson AK, School playground surfacing and arm fractures in children: a cluster randomized trial comparing sand to wood chip surfaces., PLoS Med., 2009, 6, 12, e1000195, doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000195.