The talk by Dr. José Antonio Arrieta, president and founder of the World Ophthalmology Sport Society. Here are the themes he covered, and the ways into the society.
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Rally demands from the visual system exactly what a routine eye exam never measures: reading a world that moves fast, under changing light, with no room to hesitate.
Seeing a moving object sharply is not the same as reading a static chart at five metres. At competition speed the useful image lasts milliseconds. It is measurable, it is trainable, and it does not show up in the classic eye exam.
The peripheral field is what anticipates: the edge of the road, the tree, the crowd, the braking reference. How much field is actually used — and how much is lost under load — defines anticipation.
Between seeing and acting there is a delay. That interval can be trained, and on a timed stage the difference is counted in metres of line, not in tenths of acuity.
Dust, backlight, tunnel exits, snow, night. A driver's eye works in the worst possible lighting scenario, and eye protection stops being an accessory and becomes part of the safety equipment.
President and founder of WOSS
Ophthalmic surgeon with over 25 years of clinical career and undisputed pioneer in sports ophthalmology across Latin America. He has spearheaded clinical research into dynamic visual acuity, peripheral awareness, and visual reaction speed in elite professional athletes. Founder of Arrieta Vision and Arrieta Vision Sport, he spearheaded WOSS to unite global benchmark experts.
An international society bringing together ophthalmologists, optometrists and sports professionals around a subject of its own: vision as a factor of performance and safety in competitive sport.
