Stroboscopic visual training (SVT) uses intermittently occluding eyewear to overload perceptual-cognitive processing, and it has been studied across a growing range of sporting contexts. Its efficacy on visuomotor and cognitive outcomes has now been synthesized by several systematic reviews and meta-analyses; its safety, by contrast, has received little dedicated scrutiny....
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Discussion
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No actionable change for audiologists — this review addresses sports vision training safety and does not have direct audiology or vestibular rehabilitation clinical implications at this stage.
Stroboscopic training overlaps with vestibulo-ocular and sensorimotor integration, so establishing adverse-event reporting standards could eventually inform vestibular rehabilitation protocols that incorporate visual perturbation.
- 01Mini-review examines safety evidence for stroboscopic visual training using intermittently occluding eyewear.
- 02Current adverse-event reporting for this modality is inconsistent or absent in the literature.
- 03Authors propose a standardized framework for documenting side effects in athletic populations.
- 04Potential risks include perceptual-cognitive processing overload.
- 05Findings are preliminary; no new trial data are presented.
Stroboscopic visual training may cause perceptual-cognitive processing overload in athletes.
opinionpartially supportedAdverse-event reporting for stroboscopic visual training is currently inadequate or inconsistent.
opinionpartially supported- PMID
- 42920879
- DOI
- 10.3389/fphys.2026.1924867.
- Journal
- Frontiers in Physiology
- Publication type
- review
- Evidence level
- 5
- Population
- Athletes undergoing stroboscopic visual training
- Intervention
- Stroboscopic visual training using intermittently occluding eyewear
Primary outcomes
Safety profile of stroboscopic visual training; Proposed framework for adverse-event reporting