Pre-participation Vision Screening and Comprehensive Eye Care in National Collegiate Athletic Association Athletes

CONCLUSIONS The pre-participation vision screening was largely able to identify athletes meeting the minimum visual acuity requirement for athlete clearance. It poorly identified those who might benefit from improved vision with refractive correction and those in whom sport-specific significant eye findings were noted. Comprehensive eye care had a clear benefit for the majority of athletes tested. This benefit needs to be balanced with the potential added costs and time constraints to players and athletic department staff.
Source: Optometry and Vision Science - Category: Opthalmology Tags: ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS Source Type: research