Beware the ball pit. Ball pits used in children's physical therapy - similar to those made popular by restaurants catering to families - may contribute to germ transmission between patients ...

Ball pits used in children's physical therapy -- similar to those made popular by restaurants catering to families -- may contribute to germ transmission between patients, according to new research.

Beware the ball pit. Ball pits used in children's physical therapy -- similar to those made popular by restaurants catering to families -- may contribute to germ transmission between patients ...

Researchers randomly pulled nine to 15 balls from each of six different ball pits located in inpatient physical therapy clinics or outpatient clinics within the state of Georgia. Samples were ...

Despite their colorful atmosphere and beckoning promises of active fun for kids, a new study has found that ball pits can contain germs that could potentially carry serious health risks.

A 2018 study found “considerable microbial colonization” including bacteria in ball pits that had been used for physical therapy.

The study, which was published in the American Journal of Infection Control, investigated at ball pits in physical therapy centres in the US. Ball pits are often used to help develop children’s ...

The therapy ball pit will serve as a sensory activity serving multiple functions such as providing steady pressure and increased social interaction with other children.

CHILDREN’S ball pits are teeming with thousands of germs that are linked to pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis. The dirtiest ball pit studied had an average of 170,818 bacteria per ball, while … ...

Inside the bright, colorful ball pit at the Permian Basin Rehabilitation Center (PBRC), seven-year-old Caleb Brito bursts out with a smile and laughter that fill the room. Diagnosed with autism at ...

Researchers, led by physical therapist Dr Mary Ellen Oesterle, visited six ball pits attached to inpatient physical therapy clinics or outpatient clinics across Georgia, Swabs were taken from nine ...

Findings showed that the dirtiest pit contained an average of 170,818 bacteria per ball. The study looked at ball pools in US physical therapy centres used to develop kids’ motor skills – but ...