The surging popularity of pickleball has brought with it a concerning increase in eye injuries among players.
Pickleball-related eye injuries rose by more than 400 cases a year from 2021 to 2024, up from around 200 annually during the prior decade, researchers reported Thursday in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Some players took a direct hit from a ball, while others received their eye injury during a fall or from being whacked by a paddle, researchers found.
This increase occurred even as eye injuries in other sports like tennis, baseball and basketball have been declining, researchers noted.
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