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Double Fault!
Ocular Hazards of a Tennis Sunglass
Michael F. Marmor, MD
Arch Ophthalmol. 2001;119:1064-1066.
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Blue-tinted lenses are currently being marketed as devices to enhance
visual performance in tennis and as sunglasses for children. These include
the Bollé Competivision sunglasses (Bollé, a division of Bushnell,
Inc, Overland Park, Kan) and the ProSoft contact lens (Wesley Jesson, Des
Plaines, Ill), both of which are intended for tennis, and the Bollé
Kids Collection sunglasses. The Competivision lenses are the "official" lenses
of the US Professional Tennis Association (teaching professionals), and they
were given to linespersons at the 2000 French Open Championship (at Roland
Garros). Tennis players of all skill levels may be purchasing these tennis
lenses with the expectation of better performance—and of safety in the
bright sunlight. Kids may ask for "cool-looking" blue children's glasses.
However, I would argue that the spectral transmission characteristics of all
of these lenses make them not only ineffective with respect to visual performance
on most tennis . . . [Full Text of this Article]
From the Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of
Medicine, Stanford, Calif.
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