Vision plays a significant role in the majority of sporting disciplines. 80% of sensory information is captured by the eyes during these activities.
A reshuffling of cognitive function
As Professor Bahram Bodaghi, secretary general of the French Society of Ophthalmology, points out, the consequences of eye damage are often neglected. Most of the time, doctors are content with an optical correction or the treatment of a progressive pathology of the globe, without worrying about the phenomenon of multisensory interaction, potential secondary balance disorders, or even a rearrangement of cognitive function.
Towards a functional loss
A 2002 American study reports that more than 600,000 eye injuries related to sports and leisure activities occur each year in the United States, of which 42,000 require hospitalization and 13,500 progress to functional loss.
Evolving risks
A 2010 study reported 900,000 people injured in the United States. Boxing, shooting, tennis, squash and ice hockey are considered very high risk sports, basketball high risk, badminton, football and golf medium risk.
From football to contact sports
In fact, we see that the sports causing the greatest number of accidents are football (30%), all handball, volleyball, basketball (24%), rugby (24%), sports gymnastics (6% ), skiing (6%), cycling (6%), athletics (4%), contact sports (4%).
 Didier Galibert
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17/01/2023 | 
