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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,596
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/27/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 25 YOF HAD PX WHILE BRUSHING HAIR. DX: NECK STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 25 Y FEMALE STATES, HEARD NECK CRACK WHEN BRUSHING HAIR DX: NECK APIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 19 YO F WAS BRUSHING HAIR WHEN TWISTED NECK. DX:MUSCLE STRAIN, SPRAIN, TORTICOLLIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT SUSTAINED STRAINED NECK WHILE COMBING HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 22YOF WAS AT HOME WHIPPED HEAD BACK WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR WITH A HAIR BRUSH,DEVELOPED NECK PAIN;CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AND HAD ONSET OF NECK PAIN UNABLE TO MOVE NECK DX- STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT FLIPPING HER HEAD BACK TO BRUSH HAIR AND FELT A POP IN NECK STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| BRUSHING HAIR FELT A "POP" IN THE NECK TORTICOLLIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS COMBING HER HAIR AND TWISTED NECK STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT KINKED NECK WHILE BRUSHING HAIR. DX: CERVICAL SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT COMBING HAIR WITH A HAIR BRUSH AND DEVELOPED NECK PAIN STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT DX ACUTE CERVICAL STRAIN - S/P PT C/O SHARP PAIN IN NECK WHILE BRUSHING HAIR THIS AM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| TURNED HEAD WRONG WHILE BRUSHING HAIR/C-STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AND NECK STARTED TO HURT DX- CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT BRUSHING HAIR. FELT POP IN NECK. C.O PAIN TO NECK. C-SPINE XRAY NEGATIVE. DX=CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WITH SUDDEN CERVICAL STRAIN WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| C/O PT STATES FELT A POP IN NECK HILE COMBING HAIR DX NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT C/O NECK PAIN FROM COMBING HAIR DX: NECK SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT COMBING HAIR AND TURNED HEAD TO LEFT AND FELT NECK POP; NECK ST RAIN, TORTICOLLIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT.STATES PAIN IN NECK AT HOME WHEN COMBING HAIR & PULLING IT BACK INTO A PONEYTAIL. DX; ACUTE TORTICOLIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2006 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| MUSCULOSKELETAL NECK PAIN: BRUSHING HAIR, FELT PAIN NECK WITH MOVEMENT AND TURNING OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2006 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PULLED MUSCLE IN NECK WHILE BRUSHING HAIR DX: NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND HAD A TANGLE AND ROLLED NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR & SHE FELT A SNAP IN LT SIDE OF HER NECK HAS PAIN & INABILITY TO TURN HEAD. DX - CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT'S NECK POPPED WHILE BRUSHING HAIR. DX-CERVICAL NECK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AT HOME TWISTED HEAD TO GET TO THE HAIRBRUSH AND FELT A POP IN NECK STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| WAS BRUSHING HAIR W/R ARM, FELT SOMETING POP ON R SIDE OF NECK. DX. ST RAIN NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/17/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| STIFFNESS OF NECK AFTER BRUSHING HAIR CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ONSET OF NECK PAIN WHILE BRUSHING HAIR, SUSTAINED " CERVICAL STRAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| DX NECK STRAIN: BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME, INJURED NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| NECK SPRAIN-PAIN WHILE COMBING HAIR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT BRUSHING HAIR AND FELT SOMETHING POP, NECK PAIN; STERNOCLEIDOMA STOID SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT BRUSHING HAIR WITH HAIR BRUSH C/O NECK PAIN CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT C/O PAIN TO RT SIDE OF NECK AFTER RAISING HER ARM TO BRUSH HER HAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| ACUTE NECK PAIN - 16 YOF WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR THIS MORNING WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF RIGHT NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN, DECREASED ROM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| BRUSHING HAIR, HEARD POP IN CERVICAL AREA, UNABLE TO MOVE DX CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CERVICAL STRAIN-AFTER BRUSHING HER HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS COMBING VERY TANGLED HAIR AND FELT A POP IN NECK . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CERVICAL STRAIN.PT WAS COMBING HAIR WITH A COMB AGGRESSIVELY TO GET OUT TANGLED AND NECK BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT STATES SHE WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AND TURNED WRONG AND INJURED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CERVICAL STRAIN - 24 YOF NECK PAIN WHEN TILTED HEAD TO BRUSH HAIR THIS MORNING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CERVICAL STRAIN - 21 YOF BRUSHING HER HAIR HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF NECK PAI N, UNABLE TO TURN HEAD TO RIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 24 YEAR OLD FEMALE FELT SNAP IN NECK WHILE USING BRUSH TO COMB HAIR NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CERVICLE STRAIN - WHEN BRUSHING HAIR FELT A CRACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2001 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2001 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2001 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/1999 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/1998 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/1998 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/1997 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/1997 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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