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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 512
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/07/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| LEG PAIN. PT WAS WALKING WITH A CANE AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT. HAD AMPUTATION OF LOWER LEG ONE WEEK AGO, WAS AMBULATING WITH CRUTCHES & CRUTCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL ONTO GROUND ON STREET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2002 | Age: 43 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: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PATIENT USING WALKER WHEN HE TOOK BIG STEP, FELL ANDHIT LOWER LEG ON WALKER. LEG PAIN. D: LOWER LEG INFECTION. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 36 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: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 36 YO F WALKING WITH WALKER TRIPPED OVER IT FX FIBULA CLOSED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FX (L) LWR LEG, PT FELL FROM HIS CRUTCHES WHILE DRINKING ALCOHOL, C/O PAIN, GAIT LIMITED BY PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL FROM STANDING WHILE USING WALKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2002 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| UPPER TIBIA FX-AT HOME-FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES & WEARING A KNEE IMMOBILIZER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT WALKING ACROSS THE STREET WITH CRUTCHES ON AN ALREADY FRACTURED RIGH T LOWER LEG FELL SUSTAINED ANOTHER CONTUSION TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2002 | 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: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| ? RE-FX L LEG. USING WALKER, TURNED TO R SIDE, HEARD LEG "SNAP". DX; FX LT TIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/22/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 26Y/O F C/O R LEG PAIN, FELL OVER WALKER-DX TIB. FRACT. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/11/2002 | Age: 40 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: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| USING WALKER -FELLFACE, BILATERAL HIP, LEFT LEG STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2002 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| LEFT TIBIAL PAIN. PT INJURED LEG WITH A WALKER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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