| Project/Area Number |
14580073
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
体育学
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| Research Institution | Tsukuba College of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
KOHDA Yasuko Tsukuba College of Technology, Division for the Visually Impaired, Associate Professor, 視覚部一般教育等, 助教授 (50234696)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2003
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000)
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| Keywords | Partially sighted people / Visual acuity loss / Visual field restriction / Sports vision / Sports performance |
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| Research Abstract |
The purposes of this research were to clarify the features of sports vision in partially sighted people and the effects of sports visual training on sports performance and visual functions in partially sighted people. The results of dynamic visual acuity (DVA) and eye/hand coordination (E/H) of partially sighted people were lower than those of sighted people and the individual varieties were great. The status of visual field restriction in the subjects affected the results. The subjects with severe visual field problems, but with little visual acuity loss, showed relatively lower performance than those with visual acuity loss but with normal visual field. The subjects who had experience playing ball games gained the better results than the people who did not have any ball game sports experience. The partially sighted people received sports visual training which includes the DVA, E/H, and sports performance training twice a week for two months. They were measured by the sports vision test and the sports performance test before and after training. After the training, there were no significant training effects on the results in sports vision. There were slight training effects in the performance tests. And after the visual training period, partially sighted people reported that they felt they could recognize surroundings better than before. It is suggested that sports visual training could be somewhat effective on the visual functions in partially sighted people.
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