Pickleball and Ball Sports-Related Ocular Trauma in the United States
Pickleball-related ocular trauma is increasing nationally, particularly among older adults. These largely preventable injuries highlight the need for sport-specific preventive strategies and increased access to protective eyewear.
Authors
- James Plotnik
- Anurag Shrivastava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-2807)
- Joshua Ong
- Mark I. Salevitz
- Alex Suh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7241-0994)
- A G Lee
- Karl C. Golnik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8822-5989)
- Sachin Pathuri
- Ibrahim Furkan Acar
- Jason Zheng
- Jainam Shah
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Houston Methodist (US)
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Barrow Neurological Institute (US)
- Montefiore Medical Center (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (US)
- Methodist Hospital (US)
- Southern California Eye Institute (US)
- Texas A&M Health Science Center (US)
- Methodist Hospital (US)
- Phoenix Children's Hospital (US)
- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
- Bryan College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Eye
- Published
- 2026-01-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-025-04192-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 22.55