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.




) en scheurde ik mijn enkelbanden af, plus een fikse kneuzing in dezelfde heup die ik dankzij hem al een keer gebroken had (ik ZEI toch al dat hij niet zo heel lief was?) Ik viel wederom niet op mijn hoofd (zelfs geen zand aan mijn cap).