ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: helmets

Re: helmets

Brent Seufert (Brent.Seufert@pipe.nova.ca)
Thu, 12 Jun 1997 09:22:32 -0600

Ah Haaaaaa......

>Here is an excerpt from a recent rec.equestrian item:
>
>I've just received a fax from the National Brain Injury Association in
>Washington, D.C., containing some statistics I requested. For rec.eq,
>and for a community relations project I'm hoping to plan with my local
>pony club, I also requested some stats. on horseback riding-related
>traumatic brain injury (TBI). I'm quoting information contained in
>these fact sheets. Here goes:
>
>"Brain injury is responsible for more than 17% of all horseback riding
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I always thought we must be brain injured to get on the back of another live
critter that has it's own agenda and reactions to external stimuli.

<great big GRIN>

>injuries, and more than 60% of equestrian-related deaths." (They cited
>this quote from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System,
>1991-92)
>
>"Equestrian helmets are 20% effective in reducing the incidence of
>traumatic brain injury among horse riders." (Cited Centers for Disease
>Control, Injuries associated with horseback riding, United States. MMWR
>May 1990; 39:329-332).
>
>I would think that, according to the reference, the helmet quote
>statistic would be a bit higher if the research had been performed last
>year. If I remember correctly, helmets in 1990 (and the time preceding
>1990 when research was being performed) were not as advanced as they are
>now.
>
>

Brent Seufert

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