Evaluation of intraocular pressure changes in elite boxers after a boxing bout

Year 2013, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 30 - 34, 05.04.2013

Ayşe Vural Özeç , Muhsin Hazar Aynur Otağ , Malik Beyleroğlu Mazhar Dilmaç

https://doi.org/10.12808/bcs.v2i1.20

Abstract

Abstract

Aim. The aim of this study was to investigate the changes that take place in intraocular pressure in elite boxers after a boxing bout. Methods. The study included 18 elite boxers. Participants were required to attend to fifteen minutes warming up and 4 round boxing bout. The baseline intraocular pressures of all athletes before exercise was measured and the measurements were repeated immediately after the boxing bout and 1 and 6 hour later. Results. The mean intraocular pressures of the right and left eyes before exercise were 14.61±3.25 mmHg and 14.88±3.16 mmHg and immediately after exercise were 10.94±3.33 mmHg and 11.11±3.04 mmHg respectively. Significant differences were found when the before and immediately after exercise intraocular pressures were compared (p <0.05). IOP returned to baseline in an hour and didn't show any significant change later. Conclusion. An intraocular pressure decrease was determined immediately after boxing bout but the quantity of this decrease was smaller than we expected.

Keywords: Intraocular pressure, boxing, exercise

Özet

Amaç. Bu çalışmanın amacı boks karşılaşmasından sonra elit boksörlerde göz içi basınç değişikliğinin değerlendirilmesidir. Yöntem. On sekiz elit boksör çalışmaya dahil edilmiştir. Katılımcıların 4 round boks müsabakası öncesi 15 dakika ısınma egzersizleri yapması istenmiştir. Egzersiz öncesi ilk göz içi basıncı ölçümü yapılmış ve tekrarlayan ölçümler ise boks müsabakasından hemen sonra, birinci ve altıncı saatlerde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bulgular. Egzersiz öncesi sağ ve sol gözün ortalama göz içi basınç değeri 14.61±3.25 mmHg ve 14.88±3.16 mmHg olarak bulunurken, egzersizden hemen sonra bu değer 10.94±3.33 mmHg ve 11.11±3.04 mmHg olarak belirlenmiştir. Egzersiz öncesi ve sonrası göz içi basınç değerleri karşılaştırıldığı zaman istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark bulunmuştur (p <0.05).  Bir saat sonraki ölçümde göz içi basıncının normal değere döndüğü ve sonrasında değişmediği görülmüştür. Sonuç. Boks müsabakası sonrası derhal yapılan ölçümlerde göz içi basıncında düşüş olduğu görülmüş, fakat bu düşüşün beklenenden az olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

Anahtar sözcükler: Göz içi basınç, boks, egzersiz

Keywords

Intraocular pressure, boxing, exercise

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