Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Doctors say roller shoes injuring kids

Doctors say roller shoes injuring kids (AP)

An undated photo provided by Heelys Inc., shows a pair of teenagers wearing the company's trendy wheeled sneakers. Heelys and their knockoffs look like gym shoes, but with wheel sockets in each heel. Doctors from Ireland to Singapore have reported treating broken wrists, arms and ankles; dislocated elbows and even cracked skulls in children injured while wearing roller shoes. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, based in Rosemont, Ill., this week is issuing new safety advice that recommends helmets, wrist protectors and knee and elbow pads for kids who wear the wheeled shoes. (AP Photo/Heelys Inc.)AP - Trendy wheeled sneakers that let kids zip down sidewalks, across playgrounds and through mall crowds could also send them rolling into emergency rooms on a stretcher, say doctors who blame a rash of injuries on the international craze.


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