Topical Review: Optometric Considerations in Sports Versus E-Sports. Issue 3 (June 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Topical Review: Optometric Considerations in Sports Versus E-Sports. Issue 3 (June 2022)
- Main Title:
- Topical Review: Optometric Considerations in Sports Versus E-Sports
- Authors:
- Argilés, Marc
Quevedo-Junyent, Lluïsa
Erickson, Graham - Abstract:
- Electronic sports (e-sports) have recently emerged to become a rapidly growing form of videogame competition, requiring gamers to spend many hours in front of a visual display. The nature of this new modality raises important considerations for ocular health, and visual and perceptual functioning, compared to traditional sports. In general, sports performance has been associated with open spaces, gross motor movement, and balance, while electronic sports require visual and attentional stamina at near distances with fine motor control. From an optometric viewpoint, visual perception is specific to both the sports modality and the environment where sports take place. In this topical review, we consider e-sport optometric factors such as screen time and digital eyestrain, visual skill demands, and perceptual cognitive skills such as visual attention. We compare training considerations for traditional sports and training in gaming platforms, with recommendations for future research in this growing modality. The goal of this review is to raise awareness of the various elements to consider when providing vision care to e-sport participants.
- Is Part Of:
- Perceptual and motor skills. Volume 129:Issue 3(2022)
- Journal:
- Perceptual and motor skills
- Issue:
- Volume 129:Issue 3(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 129, Issue 3 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 129
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0129-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 731
- Page End:
- 746
- Publication Date:
- 2022-06
- Subjects:
- videogames -- visual perception -- screen time -- eyestrain -- visual attention -- fine motor control
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http://www.ammonsscientific.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/00315125211073401 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0031-5125
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