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Tue 12 Dec 2009Home treadmills alert after children treated for injuries
DOCTORS HAVE warned parents about the dangers of treadmills in the home after a number of children were seen by plastic surgeons at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin, Dublin, for hand injuries sustained on the running machines.
A review of files at the hospital has found 12 children had to be treated for friction burns sustained from treadmills over a 27-month period. In all but one case, the injuries were sustained in the home, often when the children were unsupervised.
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