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Well, if only 9% of injured riders were wearing helmets, and most of the 
injuries occurred on flat ground..I should be ok..? I always wear a helmet, 
and there is not much flat ground around here!



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> From: "CTH" <seamstob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RC]   This reasearch study is of great interest
> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:32:59 -0600
>
> Thought this might be of interest
> Paddi
>
>
> Horseback riding riskier than motorbikes: study
> Research team recommends protective helmets, vests
> Last Updated: Monday, September 24, 2007 | 12:33 PM ET
> CBC News
> A Canadian study suggests that horseback riders are more likely to suffer 
> serious injury than motorcycle riders and that the majority of serious 
> accidents happen to the most experienced riders on well-trained horses.
>
> A research team from the University of Calgary found the most serious 
> injuries involved the heads and chests of riders when they were thrown or 
> bucked off their horses.
>
> "With the impact from coming down that far off a horse and travelling at 
> speeds, there was a lot of chest injuries like rib fractures or collar bone 
> fractures," said Jill Ball, an occupational therapist in the trauma program 
> at Calgary's Foothills Hospital.
>
> The study, published in the American Journal of Surgery, said horseback 
> riders were hospitalized with injuries 3½ times more often than those who 
> were hurt riding motorcycles.
>
> Horse-riding injuries requiring hospitalization occurred at a rate of 0.49 
> per 1,000 hours riding, while the rate for motorcycle riding was 0.14 per 
> 1,000 hours, the research showed.
>
> The research team reviewed the charts of almost 8,000 trauma patients 
> treated at the Foothills between 1995 and 2005. It found 151 people were 
> severely injured while horseback riding, with almost half of those 
> requiring surgery.
>
>
> Those riders had an average of 27 years experience at the time of their 
> injury.
>
> As well, the study found most accidents happened in "wide open spaces" on 
> dry, flat land on sunny summer afternoons.
>
> "Previous studies assumed that major accidents on horseback were caused by 
> rookie riders on untrained horses or bad weather - something we now know is 
> simply not true," said Dr. Rob Mullroy in a news release.
>
> The team behind the study recommends riders wear protective vests and 
> helmets.
>
> "Deaths in our study were completely related to head injury, so the use of 
> helmets in the study was low. The number of riders wearing helmets remains 
> low," Mullroy said, noting most accidents were preventable but only nine 
> per cent of injured riders were wearing helmets.



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