Are safe guards at trampoline parks safe enough?: A case report on a complete spinal cord injury after diving into a trampoline park foam pit.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Recently, commercial indoor trampoline parks have been opened around the globe, and both the number of venues and the park users are increasing. Academic literatures have largely focused on home trampoline related injuries, and less is known about the injuries associated with trampoline parks due to the limited number of studies or cases reported. In this report, we present a complete spinal cord injury sustained at a commercial indoor trampoline park.

Patient concerns

A 26-year old male developed tetraplegia after plainly jumping on the trampolines and diving into one of the foam pits head first.

Diagnosis

C-spine CT revealed bilateral interfacetal dislocation on C6-7, and his C-spine MRI showed anterior translational injury at C6-7 with severe cord encroac

SUBMITTER: Lee JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6890358 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature