Head injuries in hospital-admitted adolescents and adults with skateboard-related trauma.

Objective: To provide new information on properties of skateboarders who were hospital admitted with head injuries with details of the injuries including region of head impact.

Methods: Hospital records of patients aged 15 and older with a skateboard injury admitted to one Level II Trauma Centre during a 10-year period were reviewed. Data on demographic, exposure, severity, diagnostic and clinical factors for patients with head injury (HI) and without HI (N-HI) were compared analytically.