Eye protectors for squash players.
Eye injuries have occurred to squash players wearing commercial open-type eyeguards, suggesting inadequacies in their design. This study reports experimental observations on the deformation of high velocity squash balls at an aperture simulating an open-type of eyeguard. Open eyeguards were shown to be inadequate in preventing eye trauma by ball-strike. Recommendations for improvement of eyeguard design have been made.
D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D004867:Equipment Design; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005135:Eye Protective Devices; D006801:Humans; D011482:Protective Devices