Equestrian Injury Presentations to a Regional Trauma Centre in Ireland

Table 2

Mechanism of injury and distribution.

	Upper limb	Lower limb	Pectoral girdle	Trunk	Spine	Head	Total mechanism (%)
Fall	44	15	19	19	23	12	132 (79)
Kick	9	2	5	8	0	11	35 (19)
Trample	0	9	0	0	1	0	10 (5)
Bite	2	0	0	1	0	1	4 (2)
Horseback	5	3	0	0	0	0	8 (4)
Total distribution (%)	60 (32)	29 (15.5)	24 (12.5)	28 (15)	24 (12.5)	24 (12.5)

= number of injuries out of 189 total injuries.