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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 401
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/22/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| RT KNEE CONTUSION.PT WAS USING CRUTCHES AND FELL ON SIDEWALK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2008 | Age: 50 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 |
| 50 Y/O HAD A SAME HEIGHT FALL USING WALKER, GOT DIZZY. DX-CONTUSION KNEE, ELBOW, HEAD, HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 27 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 |
| PT TRIPPED ON CRUTCHES AND FELL SPRAIN KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKIKNG, WALKS WITH WALKER, PT IS HOMELESS, KNEE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2008 | Age: 43 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 |
| TRIPPED YESTERDAY,USES A CANE LT KNEE CONTUSION * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| H'TMA KNEE- FELL WALKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 39 YOF FELL TODAY WHILE USING CRUTCHES, ALREADY HAS INJURY TO ACHILLES, NOW C/O PAIN LEFT KNEE, DX: KNEE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| USING WALKER AND TRIPPED LANDING ON BOTH KNEES ABRADING THEM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 49 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 |
| RIGHT KNEE STR. PT STRAINED KINEE WHEN FALLING WITH CRUTCHES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 36 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 |
| DX L KNEE PAIN: REPORTS SLIPPING FROM CRUTCH AND TWISTING KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2008 | Age: 40 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| AMBULATES WITH WALKER, SLIPPED BATHROOM FLOOR&FELL HITTING KNEE >>CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 42 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 |
| SLIPPED WALKING WITH CRUTCHES/KNEE CT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2008 | Age: 47 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: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| WALKED IN BATHROOM W/ CRUTCHES-FELL ONTO KNEE,C/O L KNEE PAIN DX KNEE PAIN, PROBABLE PATELLA FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/28/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT WAS WALKING WITH CRUTCHES FROM A PREVIOUS KNEE INJURY SLIPPED AND FE LL AND REINJURED SAME KNEE STRAINED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 46 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 |
| 46YOM WAS AT HOME USING CRUTCHES,ACCIDENTLY TWISTED RIGHT KNEE; KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2008 | 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: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| H/O LBKA: LEFT BLEW KNEE AMPUTATION, AMB C CRUTCHES, LOST BALANCE&FELL DIR ONTO THE STUMP>> CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2008 | Age: 47 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 HAD RECENT SURGERY TRYING TO AMBULATE WITH A WALKER AND FELL BACKWAR DS TWISTING KNEE STRAINED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2008 | Age: 36 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 |
| TWISTED KNEE FELL USING CRUTCHES DX: KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 49 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 |
| KNEE STR. OBESE PT FELL WHEN USING A WALKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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