NEW ORLEANS--About 30 optometrists
and optometry students representing the American Optometric
Association sports vision section performed free vision evaluations
for more than 250 athletes competing in the Amateur Athletic Union
Junior Olympic games here recently.
Since 1994, the AOA sports vision section has provided the vision
evaluations for more than 3,600 Junior Olympic athletes. The
evaluation program is sponsored by CIBA Vision, the eyecare unit of
Novartis (NYSE: NVS), in conjunction with Indiana University School
of Optometry and Illinois College of Optometry. The goal of the
evaluations is to ensure that problems in the visual system do not
limit athletic performance and to increase the visual performance
of the individual athlete.
“These evaluations are a great health benefit for the
athletes and a great opportunity for optometrists and optometry
students to come together and learn from one another,” said
participating optometrist Steven Hitzeman, OD, co-chair of the
event.
August 2005
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