Author | Year | Cases | Ages 21–50 | Men | Ball/Racket | Shattered spectacles | Open globe injury from shattered spectacle lens | Permanent visual disability from injury | Hyphema | Retinal detachment or tear | Lenseless eyeguards |
North338 | 1968–70 | 35 | 33 | 34 | 27/8 | 5 | 1 (racket) | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
Ingram337 | 1973 | 21 | 20 | 21 | Of 14 severe injuries: 7B; 6R; 1U | 8 of 14 severe injuries | 4 (R3; B1) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Moore796 | 1974–5 | 38 | 22/11 | 5 (all racket) | 3 (racket) | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||
Easterbrook797 | 1974–6 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 14/9 | 4 wearing spectacles at time of injury: 2 shattered, 1 lens popped out of frame | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | advocated at this time |
Blonstein798 | 1975 | NA | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||
Vinger328 | 1976–7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 (racket) | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
Easterbrook799 | 1978–80 | 67 | mean age: 32 | 56 | 40/27 | 6 lenses shattered; 1 lens popped out of frame | 2 (racket) | 6 | 43 | 5 | 7 players wearing at time of injury |
Easterbrook800 | 1978–9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6/1 | 4 | All injuries to players wearing lenseless eyeguards. Lensed eyeguards recommended | ||||
Mondon801 | 1981 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8/3 | Probably 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
Easterbrook334 | 1978–81 | 154 | 1 lens shattered 1 frame failed | 1 (racket) | 10 | 80 | 7 | 16 players wearing at time of injury | |||
Barrell324 | 1978–9 | 58 | 41/17 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Bankes802 | 1982–3 | 339 | 251 between 20 and 39 | 278 | 235/103 (collision with wall = 3) | 40 | 147 | 5 | |||
Jones322 | 1987 | 14 | 1 | 1 (racket) | 1 | ||||||
Kahle803 | 1989–90 | 78 | 12 |