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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,898
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| PAIN TO LEG GOT HIT PLAYING FOOTBALL DX: CONTUSION TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Football |
| PLAYING FOOTBALL AT HOME HUSBAND FELL ON HER LOWER LEG PAIN...HEMATOMA TO LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| HURT LOWER LEG WHILE RUNNING AT FOOTBALL PRACTICE IS COACH LEG STRAIN # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| DX LIMB MUSCSKELETAL SYMPTOMS: C/O SUDDEN CALF PAIN W HE PLANTED HIS FT W PLAY'G FOOTBALL THIS A.M. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| STRAIN LOWER LEG - 30 YO MALE REPORTS JPTA - RUNNING DOWN FIELD WHILE P LAYING FOOTBAL AND FELT "POP" IN HIS LEFT CALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| PT INJURED LEG WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL DX RT LOWER LEG STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| PT WAS TACKLED PLAYING FOOTBALL AND INJURED LEG. DX; LEG CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| RIGHT LEG STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN PLAYING FOOTBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Football |
| PATIENT WAS PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL, SLIPPED ON WET GRASS SUSTAINING AN ANKLE INJURY. DX-LEFT DISTAL FIBULA FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Football |
| FX LEG PLAYING FOOTBALL AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| DX STRAIN VS TEAR OF R GASTRO-ACHILLES: PT W SORENESS TO RLE X3 WKS. STATES HEARD SAME AREA "POP" W PLAY'G FOOTBALL TONIGHT. C/O R CALF PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| PT HURT LEG PLAYING FOOTBALL. DX; LEG SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| 41 Y/O C/O R CALF & HEEL PAIN X 2 HRS. PT PLAYING FOOTBALL, STEPPED ONT O R FOOT & FELT A POP. HAD IMMEDIATE PAIN. CALF STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Football |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED A RIGHT PERIODIC LEG MOVEMENT'S INJURY WHILE PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL TODAY. DX-RT COMMIN. GRADE 3, TIBIA/FIBULA FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/15/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| RUNNING TRIPPED OVER SOME SOME FOOTBALL EQUIPMENT AT FOOTBALL FIELD CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG SPRAIN LEFT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| 28 YOF FELT POP IN CALF WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL LOWER LEG INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| 43YOM WHILE PLAYING IN FOOTBALL GAME WAS HIT IN LT TIBIA AREA; LOWER LEG SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Football |
| PT FELL ON RETAINING WALL AT HOME TRYING TO CATCH A FOOTBALL LACERATION RT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| 37 YO PLAYING FOOTBALL W/CHILDREN SLIPPED FELL ON LEG SPRAIN LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| PT WAS PLAYING TOUCH FOOTBALL YESTERDAY & TWISTED LEG AT PARK DX: STRAINED LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| PATIENT WAS PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL AND PLANTED RT FOOT, FELT A POPPING SENSATION LOCATED ON RT ANKLE. DX-RT ACHILLES TENDON DISRUPTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| TORN MUSCLE R CALF/35YOM INJURED R CALF IN FOOTBALL GAME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| RIGHT CALF STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN PLAYING FOOTBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/20/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| LEFT CALF STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN PLAYING FOOTBALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Football |
| OPPONENTS KNEE HIT PTS LEG WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL, FX LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| PT WAS INJURED WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL DX RT LOWER LEG STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Football |
| PATIENT HURT WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL AT HOME DX: LOWER LEG FRACTURE AND DISLOCATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| 28 YOM WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL AND SUSTAINED ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Football |
| FX RT FIBULA-SUS INJ TO RT ANKLE WHEN HE TWISTED IT WHILE PLAYING FOOTB ALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| FOOTBALL INJURY, DX; CALF STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| REPORTS SUDDENLY WHILE RUNNING DEVELOPED ANKLE/LOWER LEG PAIN DURING FO OT BALL GAME>> TENDON ACHILLES TEAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| DX L LOWER LEG PAIN: PLAY'G FOOTBALL TODAY, CLIPPED TO L LOWER LEG, TTP ALONG PROXIMAL FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| RT LOWER LEG STRAIN.PT WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL AND INJURED LOWER LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| HIT WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL BETWEEN KNEE & CALF,NOW HAS PAIN & NUMBNESS. DX: QUADRICEP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Football |
| DX LWBS: L LEG LACERATION PLAYING FOOTBALL; 1CM SUPERFICIAL L SHIN LAC W SLIGHT BLEEDING |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Football |
| INJURED ANKLE WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL. DX FRACTURE L DISTAL TIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| 34 YOF WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL THIS MORNING AND PULLED SOMETHING LEFT LOWE R LEG, FELT A POP, DX: ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Football |
| DX GASTRONEMUSM MM TEAR, AVULSION FX, FIBULA: PLAYING FOOTBALL, FELT A POP IN THE BACK OH HIS LEG IN L CALF REGION W MAX TENDERNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| ABRASION TO R LEG FELL PLAYING FOOTBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| PLAYING FOOTBALL SPRAIN LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| PT WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL WITH CHILDREN AND INJURED RIGHT LOWER LEG, TENDON SPRAIN OF RIGHT CALF MUSCLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Football |
| PT PLAYING FOOTBALL AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO LEFT LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| PT HAD LEG PX PLAYING FOOTBALL. DX: LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/23/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| PATIENT WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL TODAY, FELT A POP AND HEARD SOMETHING SNAP IN HIS CALF. DX-GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Football |
| PLAYING FOOTBALL FX TIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| PT HEAR A POP IN LOWER LEG WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL. DX: LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/08/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| 32 YOM PLAYING FLAG FOOTBALL AND WAS RUNNING AND PULLED MUSCLE IN LEFT LOWER LEG, DX: STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| 27 YO MALE FELL WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL STRAIN TIB FIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Football, Amusement attractions |
| PT C/O LOWER EXTREMITY PAIN AFTER PLAYING TACKLE FOOTBALL IN A ***. D: TIB/ FIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/07/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Football |
| CUT LEG WHILE PLAYING FB:FOOTBALL, ?MECH, NOW SWOLLEN&GETTING RED >>CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Football |
| P/W LEG CUT S/P FELL SCRAPING LEG WHILE PLAYING FB: FOOTBALL >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Football |
| 3O YOM PLAYING FOOTBALL SUSTAINED AN ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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