Effects of Swimming on Vision

Komori, Yasuka; Kono, Ichiro; Saito, Mayumi; Sakata, Isao

doi:10.7600/jspfsm1949.48.403

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“…Haag and Gieser (1983) reported that 94% of the participants had corneal epithelial erosions in a punctate or linear pattern demonstrated by fluorescein staining on a slit-lamp examination after swimming. Moreover, Komori, Kono, Saito, and Sakata (1999) showed that visual functions such as contrast sensitivity and depth perception decreased during 15 minutes of swimming with unaided eyes. The number of eye blinks and the pain scale score also increased.…”

Section: Contact Lens Use During Water-polo Match Playmentioning

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The use of contact lenses during water-polo play: A 20-year study of Japanese college players

Komori

Kobayashi²,

Murase

et al. 2013

Journal of Sports Sciences

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This study investigated the extent of contact-lens use in Japanese college water-polo male players over 20 years (1991-2011, once every five years). Information about the use of contact lenses during play and the types of contact lens was obtained through a self-report questionnaire. The proportion of contact lens use among the players while playing water polo differed from 1991 to 2011 (χ2(4) = 25.28, P < 0.001, Cohen's d = 0.63). Fifty-four per cent of the players used contact lenses while playing in 1991 (P < 0.001); more than 74% in 1996; 89% in 2001; 84% in 2006; and 86% in 2011. While 96% of the contact lenses used by the players in 1991 were the soft type, 74%, 92%, 86%, and 88% of the contact lenses used in 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2011, respectively, were the disposable type. These findings indicated a high percentage of players were using contact lenses while playing water polo between 1996 and 2011. This could be because the majority of players used disposable lenses. The results suggest that increasing use of contact lenses by water-polo players is beneficial.

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Section: Contact Lens Use During Water-polo Match Playmentioning

confidence: 98%