Researchers at Leeds Met are seeking horseriders as part of a study into accidents

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08/06/2010

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Researchers at Leeds Met are seeking horse-riders as part of a study examining equestrian accidents.

The survey, which can be filled in online, http://sprout.lakeheadu.ca/~kinfit/db_tools/start1.php is being conducted as part of an international research collaboration involving Kathryn Doodson (MSc Sport Science; Leeds Metropolitan University, UK), Dr. Steve Cobley (Carnegie Faculty of Sport & Education; Leeds Metropolitan University, UK), and Prof. William Montelpare (School of Kinesiology, Lakehead University, Canada).

According to the British Horse Society 4.3 million people in the UK regularly participate in, or are involved with equestrian activity.

They also estimate that around eight accidents per day occur in such activity.

However as they acknowledge, many accidents and injuries may go unreported, suggesting that the accident rate could be as high as 30 per day.

To gain a more accurate picture of accident prevalence and the nature of personal injuries, the study invites anyone involved in any form of equestrian activity to complete the internet survey.

This survey will collect information from June - August 2010, with information used to determine the frequency, causes, and potentially effective treatments of equestrian injuries in the UK.

For more information please contact: Kathryn Doodson or Dr. Steve Cobley.
 
I have filled in the questionair,but I think it is rather badly laid out.Filling in my full name 5 times was annoying,and I have still no idea what is considered an equestrian accident.What level of severity are they talking about.Sorry, I think a lot more thought is needed if any meaningfull result is to be obtained.
 
I've completed it too, although the location question was a bit misleading as to whether it was injury location on the body or the place where it occurred.

A bit ironic to see no hat being worn by the rider on the lst pic though! :D
 
Interesting survey but too much ambiguity, e.g.

- wearing a hat: does it mean when ridding or all the time when handling and riding? Surely this will make a huge difference to some injuries.
- type of injury: seems to assume that the injury occured when ridden. It would be really interesting to see how many injuries occur when riding as opposed to when handling.
- the add comments box: I would have added these comments here but I though this was specific to the injury, did not realise the survey was about to end
- why allow room for reporting only one injury per person?

Having to repeatedly sign in your name was ridiculous.
 
Thankyou everyone for your responses! All the feedback that we receive helps us to make the survey much more user friendly, so we are grateful for each and every comment! Thanks again, Kat
 
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