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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 215
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/21/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT BENT SOWN TO PICK UP A HAIR BRUSH AND HEARD A POP AND FELT PAIN IN H ER BACK DX// ACUTE LUMBAR STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PARASPINOUS LUMBAR SPASM; BENT OVER TO PICK UP COMB & HAD SEVERE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2006 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| LUMBAR STR. PT RAISED ARM TO COMB HAIR AND FELT A POP IN BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND FELT POP. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| C/O PT STATES HAD BACK PAIN WHILE BRUSHING HAIR DX LOWER TUNK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT COMBING HAIR AND STEPPED SIDEWAYS, FELT SHARP, SHOOTING PAIN TO LOW BACK DOWN LEGS DX: BACK PAIN, SCIATICA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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