title: [The injury pattern in horseback riding].
abstract: Injuries are relatively rare in horse riding compared to other sports, but when they occur they are rather severe and dangerous: about 40% of the injured suffer from fractures, for instance and only 15% from sprains. About 20% have to be admitted to the hospital. Roughly 30% of the injuries involve the arm and 7.5%-10% the spine. The head is injured in 20%, the brain in 8% and the lower extremity in only about 20%. That means that the majority of injuries involve the upper half of the body. One quarter of all lethal sport injuries are caused by horse riding.
authors.affiliation: Städtische Kliniken, Frankfurt a. M.-Höchst, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dittmer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Verletzungsmuster im Reitsport.