@article{ref1,
title="Sport-related eye injury in northern Israel",
journal="Israel medical association journal : IMAJ",
year="2013",
author="Yulish, Michael and Reshef, Noam and Lerner, Aleks and Pikkel, Joseph",
volume="15",
number="12",
pages="763-765",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Eye injuries are common in sports. Sports-related eye injuries have the potential for major morbidity OBJECTIVES: To investigate the occurrence and to classify sport-related eye trauma in northern Israel. METHODS: We analyzed the records of the ophthalmology emergency department for the years 2007-2011 and classified the admissions according to type, severity of injury and demographic data. RESULTS: In 2% of the patients the injuries occurred during a sport activity. Most of the injuries occurred during soccer, basketball or school sport activity (74%). The majority of patients were young males. CONCLUSIONS: Most sports-related eye injuries can be prevented with adequate eye protection.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1565-1088",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}