Accidents with horses: what has changed in 20 years?

Analysis of horse-related injuries in children

“…Although amateur riders sustain more injuries, the injuries among experienced riders are more severe [11,[13][14][15]. About 80% of injuries occur during riding causingdue to the height and speed-more severe injuries in comparison with those sustained while handling a horse [1,7].…”

Epidemiology of animal-related injuries in a high-income developing country

“…Using helmets and face guard reduce the severity of head injury among equestrians. [2,22,24] Those who are riding large animals should use helmets and other protective gears. [23] Legislation plays a role in preventing and reducing injuries.…”

“…Understanding animal behavior, training workers on dealing with animals, teaching safe falling techniques to animal riders, and increasing awareness through educational campaigns are recommended to prevent animal-related injuries. [2,9,10,19,24,26] …”

Spinal injuries resulting from horse riding accidents

“…The male/female distribution for spinal injuries was not given but the distribution of cervical injuries to lower spinal injuries showed the same broad pattern as the ®gures from Cambridge 7 and Oxford. 8,9 Admissions to spinal units In contrast to the previous tables, Table 5 shows the incidence of spinal cord injury due to horse riding accidents and these are all patients who were admitted to spinal units. The proportion of horse riding accidents resulting in spinal cord injury has increased but the denominator is not known since the catchment area of Stoke Mandeville has fallen.…”