TY - JOUR T1 - Shaking infant trauma induced by misuse of a baby chair JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 632 LP - 634 DO - 10.1136/adc.88.7.632 VL - 88 IS - 7 AU - C de San Lazaro AU - R Harvey AU - A Ogden Y1 - 2003/07/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/88/7/632.abstract N2 - A 2 month old infant presented with bilateral subdural haemorrhages and bilateral subhyaloid haemorrhage. The parent admitted to forceful bouncing of the child in a baby rocker. Experiments showed that violent rocking in the chair could produce extreme alternating acceleration/deceleration forces in excess of those induced by shaking alone. Such handling could not be interpreted as accidental mismanagement and the abusive nature of the process was graphically shown in video recordings of the experiment. Prosecution resulted in a conviction for cruelty, and a suspended sentence. ER -