Hohberg, Maike

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","e000408"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","4"],["dc.contributor.author","Krüger, Lara"],["dc.contributor.author","Hohberg, Maike"],["dc.contributor.author","Lehmann, Wolfgang"],["dc.contributor.author","Dresing, Klaus"],["dc.date.accessioned","2019-07-09T11:49:39Z"],["dc.date.available","2019-07-09T11:49:39Z"],["dc.date.issued","2018"],["dc.description.abstract","Background/aim: Horse riding is a popular sport, which bears the risk of serious injuries. This study aims to assess whether individual factors influence the risk to sustain major injuries. Methods: Retrospective data were collected from all equine-related accidents at a German Level I Trauma Centre between 2004 and 2014. Logistic regression was used to identify the risk factors for major injures. Results: 770 patients were included (87.9% females). Falling off the horse (67.7%) and being kicked by the horse (16.5%) were the two main injury mechanisms. Men and individuals of higher age showed higher odds for all tested parameters of serious injury. Patients falling off a horse had higher odds for being treated as inpatients, whereas patients who were kicked had higher odds for a surgical therapy (OR 1.7) and intensive care unit/intermediate care unit (ICU/IMC) treatment (OR 1.2). The head was the body region most often injured (32.6%) and operated (32.9%). Patients with head injuries had the highest odds for being hospitalised (OR 6.13). Head or trunk injuries lead to the highest odds for an ICU/IMC treatment (head: OR 4.37; trunk: OR 2.47). Upper and lower limb injuries showed the highest odds for a surgical therapy (upper limb: OR 2.61; lower limb: OR 1.7). Conclusion: Risk prevention programmes should include older individuals and males as target groups. Thus a rethinking of the overall risk assessment is necessary. Not only horseback riding itself, but also handling a horse bears a relevant risk for major injuries. Serious head injures remain frequent, serious and an important issue to be handled in equestrians sports."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000408"],["dc.identifier.pmid","30364519"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/15731"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/59597"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.rights","CC BY-NC 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0"],["dc.subject.ddc","610"],["dc.title","Assessing the risk for major injuries in equestrian sports"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]