Diagnostika a trénink neuro-vizuálních funkcí v rehabilitaci a ve sportu

Abstract

Sensory integration contributes to the optimal execution of movement. With repeated non-ideal intake of information from the surrounding environment, the process of motor learning can be disrupted. The dominant human sense is sight. Visual information is integrated at the level of the central nervous system (CNS) with input information from other sensory organs and continuously influences motor activity. Currently, the term neuro-visual system (NVS) is used in the field of rehabilitation and in sports, which considers the connection of the eye-brain-body axis. The article summarizes recent information about the NVS and presents the possibilities of NVS diagnostic procedures in clinical practice such as testing visual acuity, eye motility, and the near point of convergence. Based on available literature, indication groups of patients are described, for whom neuro-visual training (NVT) could be an effective part of rehabilitation, as well as possibilities for use by athletes as part of sports training. The publication includes two case studies that demonstrate the assessment of the NVS and the use of NVT in clinical practice in an adolescent with attention disorder and congenital diplopia, and in a young tennis player with headaches.