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Although a few prior studies have considered injuries associated with assistive devices for older adults, those studies focused on older adults\u2019 health and functional risks for injury. There is limited analysis of older adult injuries involving defective or malfunctioning assistive devices.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Research Design and Methods<\/jats:title>\n Data from this study are from the National Electronic Surveillance System All Injury Program which collected data on consumer product-related injuries from a probability sample of 66 hospital Emergency Departments across the United States. Data from 30\u00a0776 older adult Emergency Department (ED) injury narratives from 2016 to 2020 were coded according to the assistive device involved and whether malfunctioning led to the injury. The study team manually examined all narratives in which the assistive device was coded to have malfunctioned.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n A total of 10\u00a0974 older adult ED cases were treated for 12\u00a0488 injuries involving a defective device. Injuries included 4\u00a0212 head and neck injuries (eg, concussion), 4\u00a0317 trunk injuries (eg, hip fractures), and 3\u00a0959 arm or leg injuries (eg, leg fracture). Of these patients, 4\u00a0586 were admitted to a hospital ward for further evaluation and treatment. Seventy percent of these patients were injured while using a walker; in contrast, wheelchairs were implicated in only 4% of the above cases. Design flaws were identified in 8\u00a0158 cases and part breakage\/decoupling incidents in 2\u00a0816 cases.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Discussion and Implications<\/jats:title>\n Our findings provide evidence that assistive devices are actively involved in older adult injuries. 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