Tesis doctoral de Luisa Jesús Quevedo Junyent
The importance of vision in life is unquestionable. It is because of this that optometry, as a science of vision focused in measurement and analysis of visual function, has been developing techniques and instruments to evaluate its functionality in various contexts. sport has become a social phenomenon, as evidenced by an increasing trend towards active participation, both professionally and recreationally. In order to enhance athletic performance, many have looked towards the sciences (medicine, biomechanics, psychology) for answers. With the specialization of sports vision, optometry has been particularly useful. The importance of the science of vision relating to sports is easily justified by considering that, in general, vision plays a dominant role in athletic success since the majority of external stimuli that athletes have to react to come through the visual system. one of the most critical areas that sports vision incorporates is the specific screening of visual capacities related to sports performance. if we consider the dynamic characteristics of most sporting modalities that generally involve constant environmental changes, sudden and fast movements of players and ball, speed, etc., We have to accept the premise that action sports require visual performance evaluation that is different from normal vision testing, since routine testing only samples static vision. Assessment of specific sports-related visual abilities includes peripheral vision, visual reaction time or dynamic visual acuity. In reference to the evaluation of dynamic visual acuity, defined as the ability to resolve a target under conditions of relative motion between the observer and the test stimulus, it must be noted that methods developed to date for its measurement have not been, in general, psychometrically validated, and are too cumbersome and unwieldy to find a place in clinical practice or in field situations.
Datos académicos de la tesis doctoral «Evaluacion de la agudeza visual dinamica. una aplicacion al contexto deportivo«
- Título de la tesis: Evaluacion de la agudeza visual dinamica. una aplicacion al contexto deportivo
- Autor: Luisa Jesús Quevedo Junyent
- Universidad: Politécnica de catalunya
- Fecha de lectura de la tesis: 17/04/2007
Dirección y tribunal
- Director de la tesis
- José Antonio Aznar Casanova
- Tribunal
- Presidente del tribunal: jaume Pujol ramo
- antoni Cosculluela mas (vocal)
- Manuel Sillero quintana (vocal)
- Francisco Lima (vocal)