From 2010 to 2013, approximately 30,000 individuals a year reported to emergency departments in the United States with sports-related eye injuries, according to a study published online by JAMA Ophthalmology.
Ocular injuries are a significant cause of illness and disability in the U.S. population. Eye injuries can have long-term consequences that affect quality of life for years and can predispose the individual to further injury, depression, and systemic disease. Studies quantifying and characterizing the incidence and type of injuries seen with sports-related ocular trauma may be useful for training and prevention efforts. R.
