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Table 1 Injury spectrum of the total cohort of 3036 patients with a total of 3325 registered injuries

From: Horse-riding hazards: an observational cohort study mapping equestrian related injuries at a Scandinavian trauma centre

Type of injury

N (%)*

TBI

568 (17.1)

 SAH

18 (0.5)

 SDH

11 (0.3)

 EDH

1 (0.0)

 Contusion

6 (0.2)

 DAI

2 (0.1)

 Concussion

496 (14.9)

 UII

13 (0.4)

 Multiple

21 (0.6)

Scalp lacerations

Skull fracture

27 (0.8)

25 (0.8)

Facial injury

321 (9.7)

 Skin wound

68 (2.0)

 Soft tissue

16 (0.5)

 Fracture

57 (1.7)

 Injury to teeth

9 (0.3)

 UIH

55 (1.7)

 Superficial injury

106 (3.2)

 Multiple

10 (0.3)

Neck injury

172 (5.2)

 Neck fracture or distortion

110 (3.3)

 Superficial injury

62 (1.7)

Vertebral column injury

344 (10.3)

 Fracture

191 (5.7)

 Distortion

11 (0.3)

 Contusion

142 (4.3)

Spinal cord injury

9 (0.3)

Abdominal injury

92 (2.8)

 Liver

14 (0.4)

 Spleen

18 (0.5)

 Kidney

8 (0.2)

 Injury to abdominal wall

14 (0.4)

 Intestine

2 (0.1)

 Other bleeding

2 (0.1)

 Other

27 (0.8)

 Multiple

7 (0.2)

Thoracic injury

262 (7.9)

 Rib fracture(s)

77 (2.3)

 Pneumothorax

41 (1.2)

 Lung contusion

18 (0.5)

 Injury to thoracic wall

7 (0.2)

 Fractured sternum

1 (0.0)

 Distortion

1 (0.0)

 Contusion

61 (1.8)

 Superficial/Other

5 (0.2)

 Multiple

51 (1.5)

Pelvic fracture

82 (2.5)

Urogenital injury

14 (0.4)

Upper extremity injury

851 (25.6)

 Soft tissue/sprain/subluxation

234 (7.0)

 Skin wound

28 (0.8)

 Fracture

585 (17.6)

 Multiple

4 (0.1)

Lower extremity injury

558 (16.8)

 Soft tissue/sprain/subluxation

350 (10.5)

 Skin wound

40 (1.2)

 Fracture

165 (5.0)

 Multiple

3 (0.1)

  1. TBI traumatic brain injury, SAH subarachnoid haemorrhage, SDH subdural haemorrhage, EDH epidural haemorrhage, DAI diffuse axonal injury, UII unspecified intracranial injury, UIH unspecified injury to the head
  2. *Percentage is in relation to the total number of injuries (n = 3325)