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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 144
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 28YO WHITE FEMALE USING WALKER HIT ROCKS & FELL,BRACED SELF WITH R WRIST & IT WENT BACKWARDS,DX WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2009 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| RIGHT WRIST STR. PT INJURED ARM WHEN USING A CANE THEN A WALKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL WHILE WALKING WITH CANE WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT WITIH FRACTURED WRIST FROM FALL WHILE USING CRUTCHES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2009 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Wheelchairs |
| USING CRUTCHES TO GET INTO WHEELCHAIR AND FELL ONTO WRIST CAUSING PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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