Cargando…

Potential Role of Biofeedback Visual Training in High-Speed Motorbike Drivers

PURPOSE: In several sports, appropriate training strategies remain a challenge for athletes and coaches, with the goal of improving performance. Extensive research has proposed several technical tools for obtaining parametric evaluations before competition in real life. This study aimed to assess wh...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Vingolo, Enzo Maria, Chines, Carmelo, Tanassi, Cesare, Charte, Angel, Cecchinello, Lucio, Campigotto, Mauro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10503555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37719027
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S418679
_version_ 1785106546076680192
author Vingolo, Enzo Maria
Chines, Carmelo
Tanassi, Cesare
Charte, Angel
Cecchinello, Lucio
Campigotto, Mauro
author_facet Vingolo, Enzo Maria
Chines, Carmelo
Tanassi, Cesare
Charte, Angel
Cecchinello, Lucio
Campigotto, Mauro
author_sort Vingolo, Enzo Maria
collection PubMed
description PURPOSE: In several sports, appropriate training strategies remain a challenge for athletes and coaches, with the goal of improving performance. Extensive research has proposed several technical tools for obtaining parametric evaluations before competition in real life. This study aimed to assess whether some retinal performances might be improved using psychophysical techniques in health professionals involved in motorcycle sports (FIM MotoE). METHODS: Two MotoE drivers were screened at baseline using complete ophthalmological examinations and evaluation of retinal reaction times, followed by a biofeedback training program. After 4 months of training, the subjects underwent a control visit using the same protocol as the baseline. RESULTS: Central reaction time was shorter for 75% of drivers, with a consistent reduction (mean value of 20%). The peripheral reaction time showed an increasing trend after visual training. In both drivers, fixation stability improved dramatically (in 30% increments). CONCLUSION: The potential role of advanced technology was applied to high-speed drivers. Our results may be due to an attentional shift from the peripheral retina to the central retina during training. In our opinion, training potentiates the most useful pathways at the expense of less involved retinal and cortical areas, thus improving driving abilities and safety.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10503555
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher Dove
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-105035552023-09-16 Potential Role of Biofeedback Visual Training in High-Speed Motorbike Drivers Vingolo, Enzo Maria Chines, Carmelo Tanassi, Cesare Charte, Angel Cecchinello, Lucio Campigotto, Mauro Clin Optom (Auckl) Original Research PURPOSE: In several sports, appropriate training strategies remain a challenge for athletes and coaches, with the goal of improving performance. Extensive research has proposed several technical tools for obtaining parametric evaluations before competition in real life. This study aimed to assess whether some retinal performances might be improved using psychophysical techniques in health professionals involved in motorcycle sports (FIM MotoE). METHODS: Two MotoE drivers were screened at baseline using complete ophthalmological examinations and evaluation of retinal reaction times, followed by a biofeedback training program. After 4 months of training, the subjects underwent a control visit using the same protocol as the baseline. RESULTS: Central reaction time was shorter for 75% of drivers, with a consistent reduction (mean value of 20%). The peripheral reaction time showed an increasing trend after visual training. In both drivers, fixation stability improved dramatically (in 30% increments). CONCLUSION: The potential role of advanced technology was applied to high-speed drivers. Our results may be due to an attentional shift from the peripheral retina to the central retina during training. In our opinion, training potentiates the most useful pathways at the expense of less involved retinal and cortical areas, thus improving driving abilities and safety. Dove 2023-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10503555/ /pubmed/37719027 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S418679 Text en © 2023 Vingolo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
spellingShingle Original Research
Vingolo, Enzo Maria
Chines, Carmelo
Tanassi, Cesare
Charte, Angel
Cecchinello, Lucio
Campigotto, Mauro
Potential Role of Biofeedback Visual Training in High-Speed Motorbike Drivers
title Potential Role of Biofeedback Visual Training in High-Speed Motorbike Drivers
title_full Potential Role of Biofeedback Visual Training in High-Speed Motorbike Drivers
title_fullStr Potential Role of Biofeedback Visual Training in High-Speed Motorbike Drivers
title_full_unstemmed Potential Role of Biofeedback Visual Training in High-Speed Motorbike Drivers
title_short Potential Role of Biofeedback Visual Training in High-Speed Motorbike Drivers
title_sort potential role of biofeedback visual training in high-speed motorbike drivers
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10503555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37719027
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OPTO.S418679
work_keys_str_mv AT vingoloenzomaria potentialroleofbiofeedbackvisualtraininginhighspeedmotorbikedrivers
AT chinescarmelo potentialroleofbiofeedbackvisualtraininginhighspeedmotorbikedrivers
AT tanassicesare potentialroleofbiofeedbackvisualtraininginhighspeedmotorbikedrivers
AT charteangel potentialroleofbiofeedbackvisualtraininginhighspeedmotorbikedrivers
AT cecchinellolucio potentialroleofbiofeedbackvisualtraininginhighspeedmotorbikedrivers
AT campigottomauro potentialroleofbiofeedbackvisualtraininginhighspeedmotorbikedrivers