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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 908
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/01/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT. FELL TODAY W/HER WALKER LANDING ON HER KNEE. DX. SPRAIN KNEE, ANKL E, CONT R KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| RT KNEE STRAIN.PT WAS WALKING WITH WALKER AND FELT A POP IN KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2006 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE USING CANE DX: RT KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT HAD RECENT KNEE SURGERY WAS WALKING WITH CRUTCHES LAST NIGHT AND FEL L ONTO THAT SAME KNEE CONTUSION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL WHILE USING WALKER; KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| AMBULATING WITH CRUTCH SLIP & FALL KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| USING CRUTCHES, SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR&FELL ONTO KNEE/ELBOW " ELBOW CONTS' +" KNEE SPRAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| LEFT KNEE SPR. PT FELL WHEN USING CRUTCHES AND FELT POP IN KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| KNEE CONT; LEFT ANKLE CONT. PT FELL WHEN USING A WALKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PATIENT TWISTED RIGHT KNEE WHILE WALKING ON CRUTCHES LAST NIGHT. DX-KNEE STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| CONTUSION R KNEE, PT TRIPPED OVER A WALKER AT HOME, C/O PAIN, SWELLING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2006 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| AMB C THE WALKER, TRIPPED&FELL ONTO KNEE " CONT" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| HOMELESS PT ATTEMPTING TO CROSS STREET WITH WALKER. FELL WHILE REACHING FOR BUTTON. FELL ONTO KNEE. D:ABRASIONS, CONTUSIONS, KNEE SPRAIN, DEPRE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps |
| 29 Y/O W/M RECEIVED BRUISED KNEE WHEN FELL OFF CRUTCHES ON STEPS AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 47 YO MALE WALKS WITH WALKER AND FELL IN BATHROOM AT HOME SPRAIN LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| WALKIN G W/CANE AND TWISTED L. KNEE DX. L. KNEE STRAIN # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC L KNEE PAIN: WALKS WITH A CANE, STATES WALKING TOO MUCH YESTERDAY (NOT STATED AS EXERCISE) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC RT KNEE PAIN: RT KNEE SWOLLEN FOR 3 DAYS WALKS WITH A CANE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| IN MEDICAL FACILITY TRIPPED WHILE USING CANE AND HAD A GROUND LEVEL FAL L CONTUSION FOREARM AND KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| WALKING WITH CANE AND KNEE GAVE AWAY. LEFT KNEE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2006 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| 47 YO FEMALE FELL OVER WALKER TO FLOOR WHILE GOING TO BATHROOM LEFT KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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