Citation

Kim EJ, Ganga A, Rana VK, Greenberg PB. R. I. Med. J. (2013) 2023; 106(2): 40-42.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Rhode Island Medical Society)

DOI

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PMID

36848542

Abstract

There is a dearth of recent reviews on basketball-associated eye injuries. We systematically reviewed the literature to describe the current state of basketball-related eye injuries. After consulting with a health sciences librarian, we utilized the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and developed a search strategy.

We included peer-reviewed studies published in English on individuals who incurred eye injuries while playing basketball. We included studies that specifically focused on the types and mechanisms, if available, of basketball-related eye injuries. We excluded studies not focused specifically on basketball-related eye injuries, including those that investi- gated either the epidemiology of sport-related eye injuries or sport-related eye injuries at a single center...

Language: en

Keywords

systematic review; basketball; eye injury