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Eye injuries in sports
Author(s) -
Drolsum L.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of medicine and science in sports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.575
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1600-0838
pISSN - 0905-7188
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1999.tb00207.x
Subject(s) - eye injuries , squash , injury prevention , eye protection , club , medicine , sports medicine , poison control , sports injury , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , suicide prevention , physical therapy , medical emergency , geography , anatomy , pathology , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics
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.