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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 678
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT SLIPPED WHILE WALKING W/CRUTCHES ON ICE. DX: L ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | 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 STR. PT STRAINED ANKLE WHEN TRIPPING WITH CANE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2008 | Age: 39 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 |
| @ HOME WALKING W/ WALKER-POOR BALANCE- STEPPED FORWARD TO REACH WALKER, TWISTING (R) ANKLE & FELL--OPEN FX (R) ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 46 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 |
| USING HER WALKER AND SLIPPED AND FELL SPRAINING ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | Age: 48 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: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| SLIPPED ON CRUTCHES AMBULATING IN REST ROOM AND FELL EXACERBATING ANKLE PAIN FROM HIS FX ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2008 | Age: 48 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: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FX ANKLE SLIPPING ON CRUTCHES ABULATING IN REST ROOM AND FELL EXACERBA TING ANKLE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 42 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: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| DX R ANK PAIN: PT HAD R RETROCALCANEAL EXOSTECTOMY GASTROC RESECTION 17 JUL; FELL OFF CRUTCHES 2D AGO. PODITARY EVAL POSS RUPTURED TENDON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FALLING FROM CRUTCHES ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| RT ANKLE SPRAIN-SUS INJ TO RT ANKLE WHILE WALKING WITH CRUTCHES FOR TOR N TENDON ON LEFT FT AND TWISTED HIS RT ANKLE. HIT CHEST ALSO DURING FAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2008 | 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: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER CANE WHILE WALKING, TWISTED ANKLE, FX ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2008 | Age: 46 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 |
| PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER SPRAIN ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 49 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 |
| PT TWISTED ANKLE WHILE USING CRUTCHES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. DX: R ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES DX:RT ANKLE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT IS A PARTIAL PARAPLEGIC WAS WALKING WHEN HIS CRUTCHES SLIPPED OUT FR OM UNDER HIM FRACTURED ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 45 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 |
| PATIENT'S WALKER ROLLED AND SHE FELL AT HOME DX: LT ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | 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 STRAINED ANKLE WHEN WALKING IN SNOW WITH A WALKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PATIENT HAD A MECHANICAL TRIP AND TWIST THIS MORNING WHILE AMBULATING WITH HIS CANE. DX-LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2008 | Age: 48 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 |
| AMBULATING WITH A CANE, FELL TWISTING ANKLE >> SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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