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Table 1 Correlation of trauma mechanism and injured body region (fall from horse is negatively correlated to injuries of the lower extremity and kick by a horse was negatively related to spinal or pelvic injury)

From: Horse-related injury patterns: a single center report

Injured body region

Trauma mechanism

Fall from horse

Kick by horse

Rein injury

60 (60.6%)

23 (23.2%)

10 (10.1%)

Upper extremity

52 (52.5%)

31 (51.7%) p = 0.844

9 (39.1%) p = 0.160

10 (100.0%) p = 0.001

Lower extremity

20 (20.2%)

6 (10.0%) p = 0.002

11 (47.8%) p = 0.001

0 (0.0%) p = 0.116

Spine/pelvis

23 (23.2%)

22 (36.7%) p < 0.001

1 (4.3%) p = 0.021

0 (0.0%) p = 0.111

Head

9 (9.1%)

6 (10.0%) p = 0.735

2 (8.7%) p = 0.967

0 (0.0%) p = 0.593