Eye Injuries In Sports Research Articles

Eye Injuries in Summer Olympic Sports - A Mini Review

Eye sports injuries, despite lower incidence, possess great impact in athlete’s performance and might shutdown athletes from the competition. This article aims to review eye injuries published in indexed literature related to sports that will be presented at the Summer Olympics Games-Rio 2016. 1.1.Methods: A critical literature review of articles was performed. Study analysis was conducted using online databases-Pubmed and BVS-selecting case reports, series of cases and reviews related to eye injuries in sports of which were only selected information’s about the sports practiced on Olympic Summer Games-Rio 2016 with no language restriction, published in a twenty years period (1996 -2016). Other sports that were not in the list of the Olympic Summer Games-Rio 2016 as the modalities practiced only in Winter Olympic Games were excluded from the study. The keywords used were ‘athletic eye injuries’, ‘open globe trauma in sports’, ‘ocular trauma’, ‘ophthalmologic injuries’, ‘eye trauma’, ‘trauma in Olympic games’ and ‘eye injuries’. 1.2.Results: USA and England published most of the articles. Corneal abrasion/ulcer and conjunctival hemorrhage were the most frequent injuries reported. Boxing was responsible for the most devastating ocular trauma cases. 1.3.Conclusion: The review of indexed literature showed about 970 eyes with sports-related ocular traumas varying from mild to severe in accordance with the 39 sports practiced on the Olympic Summer Games in 2016. Ophthalmologist should be aware of most dangerous sports and type of lesion caused to better inform patients.

Eye Injuries in Sports

Eye Injuries in Sports

Eye Injuries in Sport

Most ocular injuries involve only the external eye. However, in approximately one-third of cases the intraocular structures are damaged with potentially sight threatening consequences. A small number of sports, such as soccer, rugby, hockey and the racquet sports are responsible for most injuries. Sport is responsible for between 25-40% of all eye injuries severe enough to require hospital admission. Most of these are recognised as being largely preventable and methods of reducing the number and severity of such injuries are of prime importance.

Eye injuries in Canadian sports and recreation, 1972–2002

I n the past, eye injuries in hockey were not uncommon. In the 1930s Bas Bastien, goalie for the Toronto Maple Leafs, lost an eye, which ended his career. In 1939 George Parsons, a contemporary of mine, also with the Toronto Maple Leafs, had to have an eye removed after being struck in the eye by a stick. Thirteen years later Herb Dickenson, of the New York Rangers, was struck in the eye by a puck. I was doing eye care for the Leafs at that time. Dickenson was taken to Western Hospital, where surgery saved the eye but not the sight. His career ended. Blinding eye injuries were plentiful in amateur hockey, too. In his book 100 Years of Dropping the Puck, Scott Young1 reports that 12 players lost an eye in the years 1965 to 1969. The idea of facial protection came to mind, 2•3 and so when then COS president Page Harshman telephoned me in 1973 to say he had received calls from three COS members (Gord Harris, Ron Pinkerton and Sam Witzel), all concerned with the number of serious eye injuries in hockey players under their care, I was not surprised. Thus, a COS committee was formed, and the Survey of Sports Eye Injuries was born. A questionnaire was mailed to all COS members asking for retrospective reports of eye injuries in hockey players treated over the 1972-73 season. The results totalled 287 injuries, including 20 blind eyes. These statistics were reported to the COS annual meeting in 1974. A prospective study was conducted for the 1974-75 hockey season, which resulted in reports of 258 eye injuries, including 43 blind eyes. This survey was presented at a symposium at the 1975 COS annual meeting by my

Eye Injuries in Sports

Eye Injuries in Sports

Eye injuries in sports.

In a retrospective study from 1988 to 1998, eye injuries were found in 553 patients. Seventy-six (13.7%) of these injuries were associated with sport. The mechanism of trauma was for the most part a ball (71.1%) or a club (13.2%). Most eye injuries occurred in soccer (35.5%), which is, by far, the most widespread sport in this region of Norway. A disproportionately high number of the injuries occurred in floorball (17.1%), bandy (13.2%), and squash (10.5%). The rules in these sports may, in theory, be strict enough to prevent eye injuries in most cases. However, these rules are often neglected in informal activities. Strategies for educating the general public about the potentially serious effect of eye injuries in sports exposed to such risk are of great importance.

Sports-related eye injuries.

To: (i) determine the magnitude and describe the spectrum of sports-related eye injuries; (ii) compare the sporting profile variations within Australia and overseas; and (iii) provide recommendations to help decrease the frequency and severity of eye injuries in sports. Descriptive study of sports-related eye injuries identified from a cross-sectional survey of ocular trauma treated in an eye hospital during a two-year period from November 1989 to October 1991. Although sports injuries comprised only 5% of all eye trauma, they accounted for a disproportionately high ocular morbidity, representing 22% of hospital admissions. Most patients were admitted for hyphaema (81%), but there were eight ruptured globes and 20 other cases required surgical repair. For those hospitalised for serious injuries, 19% were legally blind (visual acuity < or = 6/60) and 10% had visual acuity between 6/18 and 6/36 initially, with 29% of patients recording a visual loss in excess of 50% incapacity (< or = 6/18) at three months after injury. Eye injuries were most frequently caused by squash, badminton, Australian Rules football and cricket, a sports profile distinctly different from those of the United States and United Kingdom. That none of the players in may study had worn correct eye protection offers a wide scope for preventing injuries in what should be safe recreational pastimes.

Eye injuries in sport

Eye injuries in sport

One year of severe eye injuries in sport.

A one year prospective study was undertaken to assess all sports injuries requiring inpatient treatment at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital. (1 January to 31 December 1987.) Fifty two patients were admitted (25.1% of all admissions due to trauma). Racquet sports accounted for 51.9% of these cases. Eight patients required 12 surgical procedures and there were 3 perforating injuries. Sport is becoming an increasingly important cause of severe eye injury and the encouragement of adequate ocular protection is now a matter of urgency.

Preventing Eye Injuries in Sports: Some Questions and Answers.

In brief: The frequency of eye injuries in sports raises numerous questions about preventive eye care for athletes: What style of frame and type of lens material provide the best protection for athletes, especially those who play racket sports? Are polycarbonate lenses available in sunglasses? What is polycarbonate? What standards are used to ensure that an eye protector is safe and effective? Should the government intervene by mandating the use of protective eye wear for certain sports? The author addresses these and other issues.

Eye Injuries in Sports: Results of a Five-Year Study.

In brief: From 1982 to 1986, Quebec ophthalmologists reported 869 sports-related eye injuries. Hyphema was the most common injury, with a frequency of 33%. Most injuries occurred in ice hockey, followed by racket sports (32% and 28%, respectively); most of the injured players were not wearing eye protection. The authors suggest that wearing eye protection should be mandatory in some sports and encouraged in many others.

Eye injuries in sport: an increasing problem.

A prospective study of ocular injuries sustained during sport, was performed from January to June 1987. A total of 84 eye injuries were seen. Of these, 23 were severe enough to necessitate admission to hospital. These latter accounted for one quarter of all severe eye injuries during this period. Racquet sports caused 42% of the injuries, and 57% of the hospital admissions, including two penetrating injuries. The importance of sport in causing eye trauma is increasing. It is crucial to encourage safer play, including the wearing of adequate eye protection.

Sussex Eye Hospital sports injuries.

To assess the prevalence of sports eye injuries in our area a register was kept over the 18 months from October 1982 to March 1984. Squash, association football, badminton, and tennis were the main offenders. The severest injury was from a golf ball, involving a fractured zygoma. There was one retinal dialysis, and one lens dislocation requiring extraction. Spectacles were broken in six cases and a contact lens in one. Glass fragments needed operative removal in one case, but there were no penetrating injuries. The value of eye protection, not worn by any of our patients, is emphasised.

Sports injuries, mechanisms, prevention and treatment

Part 1 Evaluation, training and special concerns: preseason evaluation conditioning and training athletic trainer environmental factors in athletic performance biomechanics of sports general principles of rehabilitation - soft tissue management medical problems of the athlete cardiovascular evaluation of the athlete drugs and sports special concerns of the paediatric athlete special concerns of the female athlete. Part 2 Sports-specific injuries: baseball basketball bicycle accidents boxing competitive diving cricket dance and the arts emergency medical care at sports events equestrian fencing football golf gymnastics ice hockey ice skating judo and karate lacrosse nordic and alpine skiing power lifting and body building racquet sports rugby running scuba diving soccer surfing swimming and diving track and field triathalon volleyball water skiing wrestling. Part 3 Management and treatment of systemic and regional injuries: diagnosis and treatment of dermatologic problems neurologic problems in sports head injuries treatment of sports eye injuries cervical spine and spinal cord injuries lumbar spine injuries shoulder injuries elbow injuries hand and wrist injuries knee injuries ankle and foot injuries abdominal injuries chest injuries general principles in rehabilitation, medical problems of the athlete, peripheral nerve injuries.

Sports eye injuries. A model for prevention

Sports eye injuries. A model for prevention

Sports Eye Injuries A Model for Prevention

The leadership role that physicians can assume in combating sports-related injuries is clearly demonstrated by the experience in ice hockey. One of the most efficient protective devices in sport to date is the hockey face mask. With the increase in the sport's popularity, particularly in schools and colleges, eye injuries to ice hockey players rose dramatically during the 1960s and 1970s. Working through the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM), ophthalmologists in Canada and the United States collected data documenting the problem, directed development of performance standards for hockey face masks, successfully lobbied hockey organizations to require that players wear face masks meeting the standards, and educated players about the importance of face masks.^1,2 This work was funded, for the most part, by volunteers whose goal was to make ice hockey safer without changing its fast action or basic style. Now, on

Eye injuries in organised sport in a rural area.

Eye injuries in sport are a continuing preventable problem. An investigation into sport injuries in rural Ireland shows hurling to be the most dangerous pastime, and this is compared and contrasted with other local games. Forty-five consecutive injuries sustained in organised sport requiring admission to hospital over a 4-year period were studied. 40% were due to hurling. Over three-quarters of the 45 patients recovered 6/6 vision or better. The costs to the community of such eye injuries are discussed.

The incidence of eye injuries in sports.

The incidence of eye injuries in sports.