Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow (2016)
Chapter: Appendix E: Examples of Recommended Eye Protection for Recreational Sports
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"Appendix E: Examples of Recommended Eye Protection for Recreational Sports." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/23471.
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Examples of Recommended Eye Protection for Recreational Sports
| Sport | Eye Protection |
|---|---|
| Baseball | Polycarbonate face guard or other certified safe protection attached to the helmet for batting and base running; sports goggles with polycarbonate lensesa for fielding |
| Basketball | Sports goggles with polycarbonate lensesa |
| Bicycling (LER)b | Sturdy street-wear frames with polycarbonate or CR-39 lenses |
| Boxing | None is available |
| Fencing | Full-face cage |
| Field hockey (both sexes) | Goalie: full-face mask; all others: sports goggles with polycarbonate lensesa |
| Football | Polycarbonate shield on helmet |
| Full-contact martial arts | Not allowed |
| Handball | Sports goggles with polycarbonate lensesa |
| Ice hockey | Helmet and full-face protection |
| Lacrosse (female) | Should at least wear sports goggles with polycarbonate lenses and have option to wear helmet and full-face protection |
| Lacrosse (male) | Helmet and full-face protection required |
| Racquetball | Sports goggles with polycarbonate lensesa |
| Soccer | Sports goggles with polycarbonate lensesa |
| Softball | Polycarbonate face guard on a helmet for batting and base running; sports goggles with polycarbonate lensesa for fielding |
| Squash | Sports goggles with polycarbonate lensesa (U.S. Squash, 2016) |
| Street hockey | Sports goggles with polycarbonate lensesa; goalie: full face cagec |
| Swimming and pool sports | Swim goggles recommended |
| Tennis: singles | Sturdy street-wear frames with polycarbonate lenses |
| Track and field (LER)a | Sturdy street-wear frames with polycarbonate or CR-39 lenses |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Examples of Recommended Eye Protection for Recreational Sports." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/23471.
| Sport | Eye Protection |
|---|---|
| Water polo | Swim goggles with polycarbonate lensesa |
| Wrestling | None is available |
NOTE: a Goggles without lenses are not effective.
b For sports in which face masks or helmets with eye protection are worn, functionally one-eyed athletes and those with previous eye trauma or surgery for whom their ophthalmologists recommend eye protection must also wear sports goggles with polycarbonate lenses to ensure protection.
c A street hockey ball can penetrate into a molded goalie mask and injure an eye.
LER = low eye risk.
SOURCES: Reproduced with permission from AAP, 2004.
REFERENCES
AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics). 2004. The National Eye Institute. Finding the right eye protection. Pediatrics 113(3):619–622. https://nei.nih.gov/sports/findingprotection (accessed September 23, 2015).
U.S. Squash. 2016. Protective eyewear. https://www.ussquash.com/officiate/protective-eyewear (accessed May 18, 2016).
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Examples of Recommended Eye Protection for Recreational Sports." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/23471.
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix E: Examples of Recommended Eye Protection for Recreational Sports." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Making Eye Health a Population Health Imperative: Vision for Tomorrow. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/23471.
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