A nurse practitioner at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, he and a colleague did a study on treadmill burns in children who were treated at the hospital.
The 2017 study, published in the Journal of Burn Care & Research, found treadmill burns were more severe than burns from touching a hot stovetop.
“What struck us most was that these treadmill burns were very deep and hard to heal,” Noffsinger said.
Top treadmill safety measuresFortunately, it’s relatively easy to use a treadmill safely, experts said.
“You should never have a child in the same room as an operating treadmill,” Stevenson said.
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