TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1980//
TI  - Racquetball as an ocular hazard
JO  - Archives of ophthalmology (1960)
A1  - Doxanas, M. T.
A1  - Soderstrom, C.
SP  - 1965
EP  - 1966
VL  - 98
IS  - 11
N2  - Thirty-seven cases of ocular injury incurred while persons were playing racquetball were found in reviewing records of 1,071 emergency room patients in a three-month period. These can be divided into ball-induced and racquet-induced injuries. Fifteen ball-induced injuries occurred, ranging from a corneal abrasion to vitreous hemorrhage, in a patient with sickle cell retinopathy. Twenty-two cases of racquet-induced brow lacerations that occurred when the player struck his (or her) own forehead with the racquet were found. During the same interval, five tennis-related ocular injuries were observed. Ocular safety devices are strongly recommended to help prevent racquetball injuries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0003-9950
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -