Stručni rad
VISION CORRECTION IN ATHLETES
Nadežda Bilić
orcid.org/0000-0002-3735-0608
; Poliklinika Bilić Vision, Zagreb
Sažetak
Athletes, professionals or recreatives, who have
vision problems (myopia, hyperopia,or astigmatism),
could have many problems while wearing glasses. Even
with the ribbon, glasses could slide down, lenses could get
blurred and glasses could limit the visual field of the
athletes. The aim of this paper was to describe the main
methods which athletes can use for vision correction.
Contact lenses were used as an alternative method
especially among athletes with problems such as the
astigmatism and with an irregular corneal curvature
(keratoconus).
There are two types of contact lenses: soft and rigid
gas-permeable (RGP) lenses or hard contact lenses. Many
athletes choose soft lenses because they are comfortable,
cannot easily fall out and they have very low risk of eye
infection if treated with care.
Today, for vision correction, there are two, more or
less permanent, methods – LASIK method and intraocular
implatation of phakic lenses.
Maybe the most popular method of the vision
correction today is LASIK, abbreviation standing for
laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, a kind of laser eye
surgery designed to change the shape of the cornea to
eliminate or reduce the need for glasses and contact
lenses. This method is safe and has advantages over other
vision correction procedures, including a relative lack of
pain after the procedure and the fact that good vision is
usually achieved by the very next day.
A few years ago, a new method had become even
more popular. It is based on intraocular implantation of
phakic lenses in the anterior chamber of the eye and it is
used for people with severe myopia or for people who
cannot correct their problem with LASIK.
Ključne riječi
vision correction; contact lenses; LASIK; phakic lenses
Hrčak ID:
78040
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.12.2011.
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