Acceptability of baseball face guards and reduction of oculofacial injury in receptive youth league players

Goals—To assess the relative injury reduction effect and acceptability of face guards on batter's helmets. Methods—A non-randomized prospective cohort study among 238 youth league baseball teams in Central and Southern Indiana during the 1997 season. Coaches, parents, and players were asked to...

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Published in:Injury prevention 2000-09, Vol.6 (3), p.232-234
Main Authors: Danis, Ronald P, Hu, Kuolung, Bell, Mason
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude to Health
Baseball
Baseball - injuries
Baseball - statistics & numerical data
Child
Children & youth
dental injury
Eye Injuries - epidemiology
Eye Injuries - etiology
Eye Injuries - prevention & control
Eye Protective Devices - statistics & numerical data
Facial Injuries - epidemiology
Facial Injuries - etiology
Facial Injuries - prevention & control
Football
Head Protective Devices - statistics & numerical data
Helmets
Humans
Ice hockey
Incidence
Indiana - epidemiology
Injuries
Mouth Protectors - statistics & numerical data
ocular trauma
oculofacial injury
Original
Prevention
Prospective Studies
Protective equipment
Psychology, Child
Seasons
Sports injuries
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Goals—To assess the relative injury reduction effect and acceptability of face guards on batter's helmets. Methods—A non-randomized prospective cohort study among 238 youth league baseball teams in Central and Southern Indiana during the 1997 season. Coaches, parents, and players were asked to respond to pre-season and post-season questionnaires. Approximately one half of the teams were supplied with face guard helmets (intervention); all others used this protection at their discretion (comparison). Results—Parents, players, and coaches on the intervention teams reported a reduction in the incidence of oculofacial injuries compared with comparison team respondents (p=0.04). There was no reported adverse effect of face guard use on player performance. Conclusions—Helmet face guards should be required for batters to prevent facial injuries in baseball.
ISSN:1353-8047
1475-5785
DOI:10.1136/ip.6.3.232