Acta chirurgica Scandinavica.
Discontinued
Publisher:
Society for the Publication of Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica ;
Frequency: Ten no. a year
Country: Sweden
Language: English
Author(s):
Nordisk kirurgisk förening.
Start Year:1920 - 1990
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 0001-5482 (Print) 0001-5482 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 7906530 |
| (OCoLC): | 01460861 |
| (DNLM): | A04890000(s) |
| Coden: | ACHSA3 |
| Classification: | W1 AC7812 |
Incidence and nature of horse-riding injuries. A one-year prospective study. A prospective one-year study of horse-riding accidents was performed in an area with a very high frequency of amateur riding. Totally 174 patients with riding injuries were registered--66% children--making an incidence of only 0.7 per thousand riding occasions. However, many of these injuries were of a severe nature, one leading to death and 27 of the patients reporting persisting symptoms at follow-up one year after the accident. Eleven per cent of the accidents lead to cerebral injuries and 44% to fractures, mainly of the upper extremities. Eleven per cent required hospitalization and 17% op...