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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 373
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/24/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball |
| PT WAS PLAYING RACKETBALL & TWISTED & FELL INJURING LOWER LEG DX: FRACTURED LEFT FIBULA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2008 | Age: 60 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball |
| DX ACHILLES TENDON STRAIN: W PLAY'G RACQUETBALL 4D AGO. W HE FELT A "PULL" IN HIS R ACHILLES TENDON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 62 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball |
| AT *** PLAYING RAQUETBALL , HEARD POP IN L CALFDX PARTIAL GASTROC TEAR DX PARTIAL GASTROC TEAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball |
| PT PLAYING RACQUETBALL AND FELT A PULL IN CALF STRAINED CALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 63 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball |
| PT PLAYING RACKET BALL AND HIT THE BACK OF CALF WITH OWN RACKET CONTUSI ON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball |
| PT WAS PLAYING SQUASH AND DEVELOPED LEG PAIN AFTER RUNNING BACKWARDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball |
| PLAYING RACQUETBALL RIGHT RUPTURE ACHILLES TENDON TRAUMATIC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball |
| PT DX RT LEG SPRAIN - DUE TO PLAYING RACQUET BALL JUST PTA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball |
| ACHILLES TENDON TEAR-FELT "POP" WHILE PLAYING RACQUET BALL-@ HEALTH CLU B |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2008 | Age: 73 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball |
| PT PLAYING RACQUETBALL AND LUNGED FORWARD FELT A POP IN RIGHT CALF REGI ON STRAINED ACHILLED TENDON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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