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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 731
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2007 | Age: 46 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 SLIPPED IN WATER WHILE WALKING W/CRUTCHES. DX: L ANKLE SPRAIN, L KNEE SPRAIN, MIGRAINE HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2007 | Age: 45 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 |
| ANKLE STRAIN-FELL W/ WALKER-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2007 | Age: 27 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 |
| TWIST ANKLE WITH CRUTCHES, DX; SPRAIN ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2007 | Age: 47 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 |
| PT WAS WALKING OUTSIDE AND TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES STRAIN ED ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2007 | Age: 44 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 |
| AMB C WALKER, SLIPPED&FELL LANDING ONTO TWISTED ANKLE >> SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2007 | Age: 38 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 |
| 38 YO MALE HAS BROKEN FOOT AND TRIPPED OVER CRUTCHES AND FELL SPRAIN RIGHT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2007 | Age: 43 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 |
| AMBULATING WITH CRUTCHES, FELL HURT FOOT DX ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2007 | Age: 29 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 |
| LEFT ANKLE FX. PT TRIPPED OVER GRANDMOTHERS WALKER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2007 | Age: 39 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 HAD RECENT SURGERY ON LEFT ANKLE WAS WAKLING AT HOME ON CRUTCHES AND FELL STRAINED SAME ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2007 | Age: 27 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 WAS WALKING ON CRUTCHES BECAUSE OF A BROKEN FOOT AND FELL WHILE USIN G THE CRUTCHES STRAINED ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2007 | Age: 35 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 |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES. DX: L TRIMALLEOLAR FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| AMB C CRUTCHES, SLIPPED @ ***&FELL ONTO TWISTED ANKLE " FX" " FX" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT AMBULATING W/WALKER AT HOME, TWISTED L ANKLE AND FELL. DX. SPRAIN L ANKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 33 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, Doors |
| MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY PT WALKING WITH CANE FROM FRONT DOOR,TRIPPED AND SPR AINED ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2007 | Age: 50 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 |
| FELL USING CRUTCHES DX ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2007 | Age: 29 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 |
| LEFT ANKLE STR. PT LOST BALANCE IN BATHROOM WHEN USING CRUTCHES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2007 | Age: 44 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 WAS WALKING ON ONE CRUTCH, SLIPPED ROLLING ANKLE, SPRAIN TO RIGHT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| RECENTLY HAD R ANKLE SURGERY, CRUTCH SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF PAPER ON FLO OR. DX. CONT R KNEE, R ANKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS USING CRUTCHES AND SLIPPED ON WET KITCHEN FLOOR INJURING ANKLE DX; LEFT ANKLE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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