Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Knee

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,324
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	12
Year 1999:	28
Year 2000:	182
Year 2001:	89
Year 2002:	155
Year 2003:	84
Year 2004:	49
Year 2005:	21
Year 2006:	82
Year 2007:	67
Year 2008:	19
Year 2009:	86
Year 2010:	443

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/21/2010	Age: 12 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, Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting
12 YO F GOT WALKER CAUGHT ON CARPET AT HOME, FELL. DX KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2010	Age: 11 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
11YOF,BELTED FRONT PASS, T-BONED ONTO DRIVER SIDE BY A MV@ LOW SPEED, S TRUCK HEAD ON CRUTCHES THAT WERE AGAINST THE DOOR>>KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	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
15YOM HAS A TORN ACL WAS WALKING WITH A WALKER AT HOME AND FELL NOW REI NJURED THAT KNEE KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
12YOF HAS (L) KNEE PAIN AFTER WALKING W/ WALKER THRU THE MALL DX;# SUBLUXATION (R) KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2010	Age: 15 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
15YOF HAS AN ANKLE FRACTURE WHICH HAS REQUIRED HER TO WALK WITH CRUTCHE S WALKING WITH CRUTCHES CAUSED A FALL ONTO RIGHT NEE CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	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
11YOM PT AT A RESTAURANT, ON CRUTCHES FOR CAST ON R LOWER LEG. PT TRIPP ED AND FELL ONTO R KNEE. PAIN IN KNEE. DX R KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
15YOF FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES AT SCHOOL DX: KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Clothing accessories
14YOF PT WALKING ON CRUTCHES FOR A PREV R KNEE INJ WHEN HER CRUTCH LAND ED ON A SCARF, SLIPPED OUT. PT TWISTED R KNEE. MORE PAIN. DX R KNEE SPR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2010	Age: 14 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
14 YOF TRIPPED AND FELL USING CRUTCHES, INJURED KNEE. DX-LEFT KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Lubricants
15YOM WALKING WITH CRUTCHES ON DRIVEWAY AND SLIPPED ON OIL THAT WAS ON THE DRIVEWAY AND FELL ONTO KNEE FRACTURED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	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
PT WAS AT HOME USING CRUTCHES, SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING A CONTUSION TO KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2009	Age: 10 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
PT WITH CONTUSION TO KNEE FROM FALL WHILE USING CRUTCHES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Tables
PT HAS FX L ANKLE. USING CRUTCHES AND TRYING TO SIT AT A TABLE AT SCHOO L WHEN SHE TWISTED AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN L KNEE. DX L KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Runners, throw rugs or doormats
PT HAD REC. R FEMUR FX USING WALKER TO AMBULATE. WALKER GOT CAUGHT IN R UG AND PT FELL ONTO R KNEE. HAS PAIN IN KNEE. DX R KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL DOWN WHILE WALKING IN THE HOSPITAL LOBBY, PT ON CRUTCHES FOR LT FOOT INJURY- NOW HAS RT KNEE PAIN. DX; LBFE / AMA
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/21/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
HAD KNEE SURGERY SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AND SLIPPED ON WATER. DX KNEE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2007	Age: 11 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
11 YO FEMALE FELL ON KNEE TWICE WHILE WALKING WITH CRUTCHES LEFT KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 15 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: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL P STEPPING ONTO A PINE CANE, NOW C ELBOW/KNEE PAIN&SWELLING " CELLULITIS"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/23/2007	Age: 9 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
9 YO FEMALE FELL ON CRUTCHES ONE WEEK AGO SPRAIN RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2007	Age: 13 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
AMB C CRUTCHES, ACC SLIPPED&FELL TWISTING KNEE " SPRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AT YMCA USING CRUTCHES TO GO DOWNSTAIRS AND TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO KNEE RESULTING IN PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WHILE WALKING ON CRUTCHES PT FELL ; LANDED FACE FIRST ON THE DIRT, C/O PAIN TO BOTH LEGS. D: FALL / TRAUMA TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT HAS BEEN USING A WALKER DUE TO L WEAKNESS "LEGS DROPPING UNDERNEATH HIM HIT KNEE ON WALKER NOW WITH PAIN. DX KNEE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2006	Age: 12 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, Floors or flooring materials
12 YO FEMALE'S CRUTCH SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR AND INJURED KNEE RIGHT KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT. STATES CRUTCH SLIPPED AND PT FELL. DX. L KNEE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2005	Age: 8 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT. SEEN 1 WK. AGO, ASSAULTED. USING CRUTCHES AND IMMOBILIZER SLIPPED O N WET FLOOR. KNEE PAIN, SWELLING. DX.: KNEE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT DX RT KNEE CONTUSION - FELL DOWN WHILE USING CRUTCHES FOR BROKEN LT LEG IN SCHOOL HALLWAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	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 FELL AGAINST STEP GETTING ON SCHOOL BUS, ON CANE SINCE RECOVERI NG FROM KNEE SURGERY; KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT ON CRUTCHES WAS PUSHED AT SCHOOL AND FELL ON LEFT LOWER LEG LEFT KNE E CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		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
FELL TO FLOOR WALKING WITH CRUTCHES DX. KNEE ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	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
PATIENT FELL WHILE WALKING ON CRUTCHES. DX: CONTUSION AND ABRASION TO LEFT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT ON CRUTCHES, SLIPPED ON WATER AT SCHOOL, FELL ON KNEE HE HAD PR EVIOUSLY HAD SURGERY ON; KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL ON CRUTCHES AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CONTUSION (L) KNEE, PT FELL DOWN ON THE CONCRETE GROUND WHILE USING CRUTCHES AT THE STREET, C/O PAIN, GAIT LIMITED, UNABLE TO BEAR W.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2002	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: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING A WALKER TRIPPED AND FELL L KNEE CONT AND MUTLI CONT AND ABRS NU MERUS ABRSA ND CONT FROM FALL NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2002	Age: 11 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
PATIENT TWISTED KNEE WHEN WALKING WITH WALKER 3 WEEKS AGO, PAIN IS GETT ING WORSE; KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2001	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2001	Age: 8 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2001	Age: 10 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2000	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	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, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2000	Age: 11 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2000	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2000	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	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, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2000	Age: 10 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2000	Age: 14 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/1999	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/1999	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/1999	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/1998	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: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/1998	Age: 13 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, Stairs or steps
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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