TY - JOUR T1 - Acceptability of baseball face guards and reduction of oculofacial injury in receptive youth league players JF - Injury Prevention JO - Inj Prev SP - 232 LP - 234 DO - 10.1136/ip.6.3.232 VL - 6 IS - 3 AU - Ronald P Danis AU - Kuolung Hu AU - Mason Bell Y1 - 2000/09/01 UR - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/6/3/232.abstract N2 - Goals—To assess the relative injury reduction effect and acceptability of face guards on batter's helmets. Methods—A non-randomized prospective cohort study among 238 youth league baseball teams in Central and Southern Indiana during the 1997 season. Coaches, parents, and players were asked to respond to pre-season and post-season questionnaires. Approximately one half of the teams were supplied with face guard helmets (intervention); all others used this protection at their discretion (comparison). Results—Parents, players, and coaches on the intervention teams reported a reduction in the incidence of oculofacial injuries compared with comparison team respondents (p=0.04). There was no reported adverse effect of face guard use on player performance. Conclusions—Helmet face guards should be required for batters to prevent facial injuries in baseball. ER -