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  • Neuroscience
  • Biomechanics

Background:

  • Postural control relies on integrating sensory information, with visual input playing a key role.
  • Expert athletes often demonstrate specialized sensory processing strategies for optimal performance.
  • Visual dependency (VD) and postural control differences may exist between expert and non-expert golfers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare visual dependency and postural control between expert golfers, non-expert golfers, and healthy controls.
  • To investigate the relationship between visual dependency, postural control, and golf swing performance.

Main Methods:

  • Otoneurological testing including video Head Impulse Test, posturography, and Rod and Disk Test (RDT).
  • Measurement of golf swing performance using a Flightscope X2 Doppler-radar launch monitor.
  • Comparison of results between expert golfers (EXP), non-expert golfers (NEXP), and healthy controls (HC).

Main Results:

  • Expert golfers showed significantly lower Rod and Disk Test (RDT) scores in dynamic conditions (CCW, CW) compared to NEXP and HC.
  • Expert golfers exhibited lower posturography values (surface and length) than HC subjects.
  • RDT scores positively correlated with lateral distance and horizontal launch angle, and negatively with spin rpm in golfers.

Conclusions:

  • Expert golfers demonstrate a high level of visual independence.
  • This visual independence may be functionally linked to an effective motor strategy in expert golfers.
  • Reduced reliance on visual input appears to contribute to superior golf swing performance.