There were three times as many injuries from a heavy television falling
from dressers or other furniture over the last two decades, it said.
Television sets injure one child every half hour in
America, with more than half of all hospital cases down to falling
equipment.
A total of 380,885 children were treated over the 20-year period studied for a new report in the American journal Pediatrics.Government data shows 215 of the young victims died from their injuries between 1990 and 2011.
News reports indicate that since January 2012, at least another six young children have been killed across the US by falling TVs.
Most of the victims are aged under five. Head and neck injuries, including concussions, are the most common.
While the number of US households with multiple TVs has more than doubled since 1990, researchers say this is not the sole reason for the increase in injuries.
"We speculate that changes in the location of TV placement in the home may be responsible," said the study.