Eye Injuries in High School and Collegiate Athletes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although eye injuries constitute a small percentage of high school and college sports injuries, they have the potential to be permanently debilitating.

Hypothesis

Eye injury rates will vary by sport, sex, and between the high school and college age groups.

Study design

Descriptive epidemiology study.

Level of evidence

Level 3.

Methods

Data from eye injury reports in high school and college athletes were obtained from the National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance System, High School Reporting Information Online (HS RIO) database over a 10-year span (2005-2006 through 2014-2015 school years) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Injury Surveillance Program (ISP) over an 11-year span (2004-2005 through 2014-2015 sc

SUBMITTER: Boden BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5582698 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep/Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature