Contrast Sensitivity Is a Significant Predictor of Performance in Rifle Shooting for Athletes With Vision Impairment

Contrast Sensitivity Is a Significant Predictor of Performance in Rifle Shooting for Athletes With Vision Impairment

Purpose: In order to develop an evidence-based, sport-specific minimum impairment criteria (MIC) for the sport of vision-impaired (VI) shooting, this study aimed to determine the relative influence of losses in visual acuity (VA) and contrast sensitivity (CS) on shooting performance. Presently, VA b...

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Main Authors: Peter M. Allen, Rianne H. J. C. Ravensbergen, Keziah Latham, Amy Rose, Joy Myint, David L. Mann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
paralympic sport
vision impairment
shooting
contrast sensitivity
visual acuity
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00950/full

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