Table 3.

The types of musculoskeletal injuries that prevented thoroughbred racehorses from training for at least seven days and a comparison of whether horses trialed or raced after injury. Variables significant at α = 0.05 indicated in bold.

Type of Musculoskeletal Injury Preventing Training for ≥ 7 days	Number of MSI that Horses did not Trial or Race after (%)	Number of MSI that Horses Trialled or Raced after (%)	p-Value
Dorsal metacarpal disease	5/47 (11)	42/47 (89)	<0.001
Carpal fragment or degenerative joint disease	16/31 (52)	15/31 (48)	0.2
Suspensory, Accessory of the deep digital flexor tendin , or sesamoidean desmitis	15/22 (68)	7/22 (32)	0.01
Superficial digital flexor tendonitis	13/18 (72)	5/18 (28)	0.01
Traumatic laceration or injury	2/14 (14)	12/14 (86)	0.03
Proximal sesamoid bone fracture, splint fracture, or sesamoiditis	9/12 (75)	3/12 (25)	0.02
Fetlock fragment, degenerative joint, or palmar osteochondral disease	4/10 (40)	6/10 (60)	0.6
Ilial fracture, stress fracture, sacroiliac injury, or tibial stress fracture	3/10 (30)	7/10 (70)	0.4
Unknown	4/10 (40)	6/10 (60)	0.6
Muscular injury or rhabdomyolysis	2/8 (25)	6/8 (75)	0.3
Humeral fracture or stress fracture	3/7 (43)	4/7 (57)	0.6
Quarter crack, distal phalanx wing, or solar margin fracture, pedal osteitis	4/6 (67)	2/6 (33)	0.2
Dorsal third metacarpal bone or condylar fracture	2/4 (50)	2/4 (50)	0.6
Osteochondritis dissecans, cervical stenotic myelopathy	1/3 (33)	2/3 (67)	0.6
Total	83/202 (41)	119/202 (59)