II. Background
- AAP recommends ban on walker manufacture and sale
III. Description
- Used to allow pre-ambulatory children to "walk"
- Rigid frame on wheels with attached soft seat
IV. Risks: Serious Injury
- U.S. Emergency Room visit data
- Walker-related injuries in 1999 alone: 8800
- Most walker injuries involve stairs
- Types of injuries
- Deaths (34 from 1973 to 1998)
- Fractures
- Closed head injuries