Background: Changes in intraocular pressure can be affected by many things, one of which is a sport. Basketball and indoor soccer is a sport of severe intensity that can affect intraocular pressure with increased sympathetic, causing hypocapnia, increased flow of Schlemm canal, etc. From previous research, there is a decrease intraocular pressure after exercise but can not be explained with certainty. Objective: To determine the effect of vigorous intensity exercise on intraocular pressure in the students Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Atma Jaya who follow the sport mini soccer or basketball.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted on 26 young adults (n = 26). Respondents are randomly obtained by consecutive sampling, in May 2016 at the Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Atma Jaya, Jl. Pluit Raya No. 2, North Jakarta. Respondents fill out the questionnaire and respondents who meet the criteria measured intraocular pressure by pneumotonometer before sports activities, and then measured again after exercising for an hour. Data are analyzed using Wilcoxon and Fisher test.
Results: There are 26 young adult respondents who participated in this study with a mean age of 20.04 years, 92.3% male, 7.7% female, 53.8% following the minisoccer club. Wilcoxon test showed correlation is not statistically significant between exercise intensity with intraocular pressure, intraocular pressure for the left eye before and after exercise (p = 0.517), and the right eye intraocular pressure before and after exercise (p = 0.236). There is no relationship between age and changes in intraocular pressure.
Conclusion: There is no significant effect between exercise intensity statistics between the weight of the intraocular pressure in preclinical students FKUAJ 2016 |