A retrospective case-control study of horse falls in the sport of horse trials and three-day eventing

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-145

  Singer, E R ^a   Saxby, F ^a   French, N P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case:control study; Generalised additive model; Horse; Horse falls; Horse trials three day eventing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; HORSE; HORSEBACK RIDING; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SPORT INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; INJURY; MALE; RISK; SPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SPORTS;

EID: 0038798148     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516403776114180     Document Type: Article

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