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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,571
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 14 YOF FLIPPED HEAD BACKWARDS WHILE COMBING HAIR. C/O NECK PAIN DX##: CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 14 YO F WITH NECK PAIN AFTER USING A COMB, HEAR CRACK IN NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 12YOF C/O LT-SIDED NECK PAIN SINCE THIS AM, NOTICED WHILE WETTING & COMBING HAIR GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL. DX - NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 10YOF TWISTED NECK WHILE BRUSHING HAIR YESTERDAY ACUTE NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 10YOF BRUSHING HAIR, FELT SOMETHING CRACK IN NECK, SIDED NECK PAIN; MUS CLE SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| NECK STR. PT STRAINED NECK WHEN COMBING HAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF LT SIDED NECK PAIN WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR TODAY >>MS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND FELT A PAIN IN RIGHT SIDE OF NECK DX: TORTICOLLIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT BRUSHING HAIR OR TAKING SHOWER, FLIPPED HEAD BACK AND FELT PAIN IN N ECK THAT PROGRESSED TO SHOULDER; NECK AND SHOULDER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| TORTICOLLIS: 10YOF PAIN RT SIDE OF NECK WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR, STATES CANNOT GET NECK STRAIGHT BECAUSE OF MUSCLE SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| NOTED SHARP NECK PAIN WHILE BRUSHING HER WET HAIR AT HOME W PAIN PERSIS TING ALSO SUST SUNBURN TO BOTH ARMS DX CERVICAL STRAIN SUNBURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 15 YOF HAS NECK PAIN FROM BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME CERVICAL SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT BRUSHING HER HAIR WHEN FELT POP IN NECK/SCAPULA, PAIN WITH TURN ING HEAD; WRY NECK/TORTICOLLIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2009 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| SHOULDER PAIN AFTER BRUSHING HAIR DX: NECK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| HURT NECK WHILE COMBING HAIR. DX SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| SPR NECK BRUSHING HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT HURT HER NECK THIS AM WHILE BRUSHING HER HAIR. C/O NECK PAIN STIFFN ESS TO R SIDE OF NECK AND SHOULDER. DX. NECK MUSCLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 9 YO FEMALE PULLED RIGHT SIDE OF NECK WHILE BRUSHING HAIR NECK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| NECK PAIN AFTER BRUSHING HAIR DX; NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT COMBING HIS HAIR WITH HANDS ABOVE HEAD AND STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS COMBING HER HAIR AND NOW HAS PAIN TO NECK. D: ACUTE CERVICAL S TRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| COMBING HAIR WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF NECK PAIN CERVICAL STRAIN * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| DX: NECK PAIN/ SPASMS FROM BRUSHING HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| C/O NECK/SHDR PAIN THAT STARTED WHEN BRUSHING HAIR & HEARD POP, PAIN IN CREASED THRUOUT DAY, NECK PAIN/MUSCLE SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 13 YO FEMALE HAS HEAD PAIN AFTER COMBING HAIR CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND INJURED NECK.DX NECK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| SPRAINED NECK WHEN BRUSHING HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CERVICAL STRAIN - 11 YOF C/O NECK PAIN AFTER BRUSHING HAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT WAS USING BRUSH, BRUSHING HAIR AND GOT A CATCH IN NECK. DX: S PRAIN TO NECK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| STRAINED NECK WHEN BRUSHING HAIR WITH HAIRBRUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| CERVICAL STRAIN - 10 YOF HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE HAIR WAS BEING BR USHED BY MOTHER AND FELL, C/O NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT C/O NECK & UPPER BACK PAIN SINCE BRUSHING HER HAIR - CERVICAL STR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT HAD NECK POP WHEN COMBING HAIR. HAD SYNCOPE AFTER NECK POPPED. D: SY NCOPE, NOS, DEHYDRATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME AND HEARD A POP IN HER NECK DX-NECK PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT WAS BRUSHING HAIR AND INJURED NECK. DX NECK SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT WITH NECK STIFFNESS WHEN BRUSHING HAIR 2 DAYS AGO, STILL WITH N ECK STIFFNESS; MUSCLE SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT BRUSHING HAIR HARD, NECK SNAPPED AND PAIN RADIATED DOWN TO SOUL DER; NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PT BRUSHING HAIR THIS A.M. TURNED HEAD TO SIDE PULLED NECKMUSCLE. DX: TORTICOLLIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| 11 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CERVICAL STRAIN. PT STS SHE WAS @ A FRIEND'S HOUSE, BRUSHING HER HAIR & FELT HER NECK POP. E927 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| STRAINED NECK WHEN USING HAIR BRUSH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| PATIENT TWISTED NECK AWKWARDLY WHILE BRUSHING HAIR AT HOME, FELT N ECK PAIN; CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2002 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| WAS BRUSHING HER HAIR AND FELT POP IN NECK. LT CERVICAL STRAIN. DO NOT CONTACT PT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2001 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2001 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2001 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2000 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2000 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/1999 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/1999 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/1999 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/1999 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/1998 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/1998 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/1998 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/1997 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/1997 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Combs or hairbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|