Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Ankle

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,016
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	181
Year 1998:	57
Year 1999:	200
Year 2000:	23
Year 2001:	100
Year 2002:	348
Year 2003:	125
Year 2004:	92
Year 2005:	36
Year 2006:	86
Year 2007:	295
Year 2008:	120
Year 2009:	158
Year 2010:	188

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/23/2010	Age: 17 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
17YOF SPRAINED ANKLE WALKING IN YARD WITH CRUTCHES AND TWISTED ANKLE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2010	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	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, Stairs or steps
DX SPRAIN ANK: 24YOM TWIST' ANK WLKG UP STAIRS AFTER USE CRUTCHES/BRACE MEDIAL & LAT' R ANK PN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2010	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	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 CRUTCHES SLIPPED FROM UNDER HIM AND HE TWISTED ANKLE DX: ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2010	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
24YOM FELL WHILE ON CRUTCHES, HAS BEEN DRINKING ALL DAY DX: RT ANKLE INJ , ETOH INTOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2010	Age: 25 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. SPRAIN ANKLE 25YOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	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
25YOM HAS A RIGHT FOOT FRACTURED AND FELL WHILE WALKING WITH CRUTCHES A ND STRAINED LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT SLIPPED W/CRUTCH AND REINJURED ANKLE. DX: L ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2009	Age: 22 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'S CRUTCH BROKE AND HE FELL. DX: R ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	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
SPRAIN ANKLE - 25 YO MALE SUSTAINED INJURY TO RIGHT ANKLE - WAS USING C RUTCHES WHEN HE TWISTED ANKLE - FELT A POP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	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
SUSTAINED A TWISTING INJ TO ANKLE A WK AGO USING CRUTCHES WHICH FELL ON TO ANKLE NOW WITH INCREASING PAIN>>SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	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
PATIENT WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AND SLIPPED. DX ANKLE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RIGHT ANKLE FX. PT WAS WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER AND INJURED ANKLE. DX: RIGHT MALLEOLAR ANKLE FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2008	Age: 23 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 FELL WHILE WALKING W/CRUTCHES. DX: R ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT DX LT ANKLE PAIN - SLIPPED AND FELL WITH CRUTCH TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2007	Age: 21 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, Floors or flooring materials
LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE STR. PT WAS WALKING WITH A WALKER ACROSS KITCHEN FL OOR AND SLIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	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, ON CRUTCHES, SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE. D: ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2007	Age: 21 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 WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AND HAD A SLI9P AND FALL STRAINED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2007	Age: 23 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
23 YO WALKING W/CRUTCHES FELL INJURED ANKLE SPRAIN ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2007	Age: 17 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
PT FELL TEN DAYS AGO WAS GIVEN CRUTCHES AT THAT TIME WAS WALKING WITH T HE CRUTCHES TODAY AND FELL AGAIN STRAINED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2007	Age: 21 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 SPRAINED AN ANKLE BY FALLING ON ICE WHILE USING CRUTCHES AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2007	Age: 25 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
DX LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN: USING CRUTCHES AND RE-INJURED ANKLE AFTER TRIPPING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2006	Age: 17 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
ANKLE SPRAIN-FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT C/O PAIN. PT FELL WHILE WALKING WITH CRUTCHES. DX NECK STRAIN RECENT ANKLE FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT'S CRUTCH GOT STUCK IN A MANHOLE AND HE FELL DOWN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	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
PT INJURED HIS RIGHT ANKLE TWO DAYS AGO AND WAS ISSUED CRUTCHES FROM TH E ED TODAY THE CRUTCHES SLIPPED AND REINJURED SAME ANKLE- STRAINED ANKL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	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
YESTERDAY PT'S CRUTCH GOT KNOCKED OUT FROM UNDER HIM & HE FELL. DX: SPRAIN ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2004	Age: 20 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
STEPPED ON CANE & TWISTED R ANKLE DX R ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2004	Age: 21 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
LEFT ANKLE SPR. PT WAS USING CRUTCHES AND TWISTED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2004	Age: 20 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
ANKLE PAIN - 20 YOF C/O PAIN LEFT ANKLE, FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	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 RUNNING FOR THE BUS YESTERDAY AM, TRIPPED ON CONCRETE AND FELL, GOT CRUTCHES @ SCHL TO USE, NOT BEARING WT; LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2003	Age: 19 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, Stairs or steps
RT ANKLE SPRAIN.PT WAS USING CRUTCHES GOING UP THE STAIRS AND INJURED A NKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 22 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
SLIPPED WHILE WALKING WITH CRUTCHES DX: ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN. WALKING WITH CANE AND SLIPPED, INJURING ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
MOM WALING WITH CRUTCHES FELL ON HIM DX. ANKLE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2002	Age: 21 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: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
21-YOF FRACTURED HER ANKLE AS A RESULT OF FALLING FROM HER CRUTCHES.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/30/2002	Age: 23 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
PATIENT FELL WITH CRUTCHES. DX: SPRAIN RIGHT ANKLE & FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL W/CRUTCHES. DX: L ANKLE STRAIN/CONT, L FOOT STRAIN/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
ANKLE FX - SLIPPED AND FELL WHEN WALKING WITH CRUTCHES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	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
23 YOM ON CRUTCHES FELL AND SPRAINED ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	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
USING CRUTCHES AND SLIPPED AND FELL REINJURING AND RESPRAINING ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	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
USING CRUTCHES AND HAS ANKLE BRACE DUE TO PREVIOUS INJURY, TRIPPED AND FELL AND SPRAINED OTHER ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2002	Age: 24 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
ANKLE INJURY DUE TO FALL SATURDAY, TODAY REINJURED IT USING CRUTCHES. LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2001	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2001	Age: 21 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2001	Age: 25 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: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2000	Age: 18 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2000	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/1999	Age: 16 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/1999	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/1999	Age: 18 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/1999	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/1999	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire:
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/1999	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/1998	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/1998	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/1997	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/1997	Age: 23 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/1997	Age: 24 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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