TABLE 18. Racquetball eye injuries
| 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 |
| Rose347 | 1975–6 | 20 | 19 | 75% | 15/5 | 4 | no players wore eye protection | ||||
| Vinger328 | 1976–7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 1 lens popped through frame, struck eye | 1 | 0 | |||
| Doxanas327 | 1978–9 | 37 | 15/22 | 5 | no injured players wore eye protection | ||||||
| Easterbrook799 | 1978–80 | 18 | mean age: 32 | 15 | 15/3 | 1 | 1 (racket) | 2 | 17 | 1 | 7 players wearing at time of injury |
| Easterbrook800 | 1978–9 | 12 | 7 | 11/1 | 4 | All injuries to players wearing lenseless eyeguards. Lensed eyeguards recommended | |||||
| Easterbrook334 | 1978–81 | 91 | 82/9 | 21 (squash plus racquetball) | 8 (squash plus racquetball) | 3 | 46 | 2 | 36 players wearing at time of injury |