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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 702
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT DX LT ANKLE SPRAIN - 47 YR OLD BLACK MALE C/O FALLING WHILE WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AT HOME PTA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| R ANKLE SPR/29YOF STS SPRAINED ANKLE LAST WEEK.USING CRUTCHES.TODAY WHI LE WAITING BUS 20 MIN AGO, ANKLE GAVE OUT AND TWISTED ANKLE AGAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| WAS WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AND FELL ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2009 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT SLIPPED W/CANE. DX: R ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES DX: RT ANKLE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| WAS WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AND FELL FRACTURED ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER FAMILY MEMBER'S WALKER. DX. ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2009 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL OFF OF CRUTCHES YESTERDAY. DX: L BIMALLEOLAR FX, L1 COMPRESSION FX, HTN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT BROKE ANKLE AND FELL AGAIN WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AND STRAINED THE OT HER ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2009 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL AFTER HER WALKER GAVE OUT FROM UNDER HER, DX: ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2009 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| RT ANKLE SPRAIN.PT WAS USING CRUTCHES AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES RT ANKLE STRAIN * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT W/PRIOR ANKLE SURGERY TRIPPED W/CRUTCHES AND FELL. DX: R ANKLE/KNEE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/12/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| TRIPPED OVER CRUTCHES AT HOME. DX ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Pipes |
| ANKLE SPRAIN: STOOD UP FROM COMMODE, HAND ON WALKER, ONE ON "WALL BAR" FELL, TWISTING RT FOOT AND ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 45YO AMERICAN INDIAN FEMALE AT HOME TWISTED R ANKLE WHILE USING CRUTCHES 4 PREV KNEE FX,DX R ANKLE SPRAIN, H/O LEFT TIBIAL PLATEAU FX, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| CRUTCH SLIPPED AND FELL ON FLOOR. DX ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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