From ABC News:Even if one hasn't had firsthand experience zipping across sidewalks on a pair of shoes with wheels in the heels, most everyone is familiar with "heeling," as the activity is called.
Now, doctors are worried that the footwear may put young users at increased risk of sprains and fractures, and a new study may further justify their fears.
According to a study released today in the current issue of the journal Pediatrics, 67 children were treated for injuries from footwear known as Heelys and similar products at Temple Street Children's University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, over a 10-week period last summer.
I've seen plenty of kids in malls rolling around on these things to wonder why they don't fall. Unfortunately, it looks like they do.
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