@article{ref1,
title="Squash ball to eye ball: the likelihood of squash players incurring an eye injury",
journal="British medical journal (clinical research edition)",
year="1981",
author="Barrell, G. V. and Cooper, P. J. and Elkington, A. R. and Macfadyen, J. M. and Powell, R. G. and Tormey, P.",
volume="283",
number="6296",
pages="893-895",
abstract="The records of the 118 patients treated as Southampton Eye Hospital during 1978-9 for injuries incurred while playing squash, badminton, tennis, table tennis, cricket, and football [soccer] show that for squash the main cause of eye injury was the player being hit by the ball. Severe eye injuries--those requiring treatment as an inpatient--were rare but much more frequent than such injuries in other sports. Less serious injuries--those requiring treatment as an outpatient--were also rare, with a frequency comparable with that of similar injuries in football and badminton. Squash players are most unlikely to incur an eye injury, but should this occur it has far-reaching consequences both in the short and the long term. Each individual player must weigh these chances and consequences against the possible inconvenience of using some form of eye protection.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0267-0623",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}