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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 449
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 07/23/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 25YOF GOT OUT OF HER SHOWER,ATTEMPTING TO WRAP TOWEL AROUND HER, FELT PULLING IN RT SHOULDER;SHOULDER TENDONITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| DISLOCATED WHILE SHAKING OUT TOWEL AT BEACH DX: DISLOCATION SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2006 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SHOULDER PAIN WHILE HANGING UP A TOWEL DX: SHOULDER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WAS DRYING SELF WITH TOWEL WHEN HAD SUDDEN SHOULDER PAIN. D: ROTATOR CUFF SPRAIN, POSSIBLE TEAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2005 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT STRAINED SHOULDER WHEN THROWING A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER REACHING FOR A TOWEL DLIPPED DISLOCATE D RIGHT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| SHOULDER STRAIN- SUSTAINED WHILE SHE WAS TOWELING HERSELF OFF IN THE SH OWER AND SHE REACHED BEHIND HER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| SLIPPED ON TOWEL AND FELL ON LEFT SIDE. NONWORK. LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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