Abstract

Brit. J. Ophthal. (I 757 58, 974) Ocular hazards of playing badminton S. CHANDRAN Department of Ophthalmology, University Kuala Hospital, Lumpur, Malaysia Although badminton is in of the it is most in South-East played many parts world, popular Asia. It is a racket game with a shuttlecock as between two or as doubles played singles between four The racket is similar to a racket but much The players. squash shuttle- lighter. cock is almost cone-shaped, in. with a diameter of in. at one end and in. at long 31 21 the other. Most ocular injuries occur as a result of a "smash" hit. the Among sports played in badminton the ocular Malaysia, presents greatest hazard, accounting for two-thirds of all ocular in injury sport (Table I). A search of the literature produced only scanty reference to the subject (Chandran and Ooi This Eu-sen, I97I). study was undertaken to determine the nature of the injuries from bad- resulting playing minton and to suggest possible measures. preventive Table I Incidence ofocular injuries in sport in a period 5-year Sport No. of injuries Badminton 63 Hockey 7 Tennis Cricket Soccer Rugby Golf Table tennis 2 Squash Miscellaneous Total Material 63 cases were