Google News Eye Injuries in Professional Mixed Martial Arts
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Mixed martial arts are a full contact combat sport whose regulation allows the use of all sports techniques of martial arts: karate, muay thai, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, judo and combat sports: wrestling, grappling, boxing , kickboxing.
Sometimes they are improperly called free fight or no holds barred and confused with the tudo value from which they derive. Contact in MMA is the order of the day: it is no coincidence that many of these athletes often report injuries, trauma, bruises, in different parts of the body.
Eyes included. The research: Prevalence, Patterns, and Characteristics of Eye Injuries in Professional Mixed Martial Arts, published on the Clinical ophthalmology, explains: "To describe the frequency and type of eye injuries in fighters in mixed martial arts (MMA) competition.
Fight result data were collected from the Nevada Athletic Commission database from 2001 to 2020. Any fighters in a professional mixed martial arts (MMA) contest with an eye injury were included. Main outcome measures included frequency and rate of eye injuries per fight and the types of eye injuries.
Secondary outcome measures were gender, laterality, decision type, and length of no-contact recommended."
Eye Injuries in Professional Mixed Martial Arts
Then we can read: "Of the 256 MMA events in the database, 187 events (73.3%) had at least one eye injury.
Of a total 2208 fights at these events, there were 363 fighters who sustained 369 eye injuries, with the yearly rate of eye injuries per 100 fighters ranging from 2.56 to 12.22. The most common injuries were eyebrow and eyelid lacerations (n ​​= 160, 43%), lacerations around the eye (n = 98, 27%), and orbital fractures (n = 62, 17%).
Most eye injuries were right sided (n = 197, 53.3%) and the majority of fighters with eye injuries lost their match (n = 228, 62.8%). Fifty-seven fighters were recommended for further ophthalmology clearance after the match.
The most common reasons for recommended ophthalmology follow-up was orbital fracture (n = 25, 44%) and retinal injury (n = 7, 12%). Forty-three fighters received no-contact requirements relating to their injury for an average of 8.9 weeks (range 1-24 weeks).
Ophthalmic injuries in professional MMA were prevalent, were most often lacerations surrounding the eye, and often accompanied the fighter losing their match."
Eye Injuries in Professional Mixed Martial Arts
Then we can read: "Of the 256 MMA events in the database, 187 events (73.3%) had at least one eye injury.
Of a total 2208 fights at these events, there were 363 fighters who sustained 369 eye injuries, with the yearly rate of eye injuries per 100 fighters ranging from 2.56 to 12.22. The most common injuries were eyebrow and eyelid lacerations (n ​​= 160, 43%), lacerations around the eye (n = 98, 27%), and orbital fractures (n = 62, 17%).
Most eye injuries were right sided (n = 197, 53.3%) and the majority of fighters with eye injuries lost their match (n = 228, 62.8%). Fifty-seven fighters were recommended for further ophthalmology clearance after the match.
The most common reasons for recommended ophthalmology follow-up was orbital fracture (n = 25, 44%) and retinal injury (n = 7, 12%). Forty-three fighters received no-contact requirements relating to their injury for an average of 8.9 weeks (range 1-24 weeks).
Ophthalmic injuries in professional MMA were prevalent, were most often lacerations surrounding the eye, and often accompanied the fighter losing their match. "