La optometría deportiva se basa en mejorar el rendimiento deportivo mediante el desarrollo de diferentes habilidades visuales. Las más importantes son el tiempo de reacción, coordinación ojo-mano y la agudeza visual dinámica, entre otras. Los objetivos de este trabajo de revisión bibliográfica son conocer las habilidades visuales y profundizar en los procedimientos que se emplean para evaluarlas en jugadores profesionales de tenis de mesa. Para su elaboración, se utilizaron múltiples bases de datos para llegar a unas conclusiones sólidas acerca de las capacidades visuales requeridas en los jugadores de ping pong. Estas son superiores a las de personas que no se dedican al deporte de manera profesional. Los procedimientos estudiados han sido acerca de la agudeza visual estática y dinámica, coordinación ojo-mano, velocidad y tiempo de reacción y estereopsis.
Sports optometry is based on improving sports performance through the development of different visual skills. The most important ones are reaction time, eye-hand coordination and dynamic visual acuity, among others. The objectives of this literature review are to know the visual skills and to deepen in the procedures used to evaluate them in professional table tennis players. For its elaboration, multiple databases were used to reach solid conclusions about the visual abilities required in table tennis players. These are superior to those of people who are not professionally involved in the sport. The procedures studied were static and dynamic visual acuity, eye-hand coordination, speed and reaction time, and stereopsis.
Sports optometry is based on improving sports performance through the development of different visual skills. The most important ones are reaction time, eye-hand coordination and dynamic visual acuity, among others. The objectives of this literature review are to know the visual skills and to deepen in the procedures used to evaluate them in professional table tennis players. For its elaboration, multiple databases were used to reach solid conclusions about the visual abilities required in table tennis players. These are superior to those of people who are not professionally involved in the sport. The procedures studied were static and dynamic visual acuity, eye-hand coordination, speed and reaction time, and stereopsis.
