Pediatric Equestrian Injuries: assessing the impact of helmet use
Bond, G. R., Christoph, R. A. & Rodgers, B. M. (1995)
Citaat:Thirty children fell from or were thrown from a horse. Of these, 20 were wearing a helmet. Head injuries were more frequent in those patients nog wearing helmets. The mean Modified Injury Severity Scale (MISS) score for riders without a helmet was significantly higher (more severe) than that for helmeted riders. All three patients with a Glascow Coma Score <15 on arrival were not wearing a helmet at the time of injury. The frequency of hospitalization was significantly higher for those not wearing a helmet. Compared with other common mechanisms of childhood injury the mean Modified Injury Severity Score of injured riders was exceeded only by that of pedestrians struck by a car.