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Enzo Maria Vingolo,1 Carmelo Chines,2 Cesare Tanassi,3 Angel Charte,4 Lucio Cecchinello,5 Mauro Campigotto3 1University Sapienza of Rome, Department of Ophthalmology Polo Pontino Ospedale A. Fiorini, Terracina, Italy; 2Ophthalmology, Oculista Italiano Journal, Catania, Italy; 3Nidek Inc, Fremont, CA, USA; 4Medicine, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain; 5LCR Honda Motor, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence: Enzo Maria Vingolo, University “Sapienza” of Rome, Polo Pontino Italy, Department of Ophthalmology, Ospedale A. Fiorini, Terracina, 04120, Italy, Email enzomaria.vingolo@uniroma1.itPurpose: In several sports, appropriate training strategies remain a challenge for athletes and coaches, with the goal of improving performance. Extensive research has proposed several technical tools for obtaining parametric evaluations before competition in real life. This study aimed to assess whether some retinal performances might be improved using psychophysical techniques in health professionals involved in motorcycle sports (FIM MotoE).Methods: Two MotoE drivers were screened at baseline using complete ophthalmological examinations and evaluation of retinal reaction times, followed by a biofeedback training program. After 4 months of training, the subjects underwent a control visit using the same protocol as the baseline.Results: Central reaction time was shorter for 75% of drivers, with a consistent reduction (mean value of 20%). The peripheral reaction time showed an increasing trend after visual training. In both drivers, fixation stability improved dramatically (in 30% increments).Conclusion: The potential role of advanced technology was applied to high-speed drivers. Our results may be due to an attentional shift from the peripheral retina to the central retina during training. In our opinion, training potentiates the most useful pathways at the expense of less involved retinal and cortical areas, thus improving driving abilities and safety.Keywords: microperim

Enzo Maria Vingolo Department of Surgery “Unit of Ophthalmology”, University “Sapienza” Polo Pontino, “A.Fiorini” Hospital, Terracina, 4120, ItalyCorrespondence: Enzo Maria Vingolo, Department of Surgery Unit of Ophthalmology, University Sapienza Polo Pontino, “A.Fiorini” Hospital, Terracina, 04120, Italy, Tel +393486500312, Email enzomaria.vingolo@uniroma1.itPurpose: In the COVID-19 pandemic era, vaccines are one of the most efficient weapons, as well established by WHO, that humans have, in all their variants (mRNA, AAV or others). Unfortunately, in western nations skepticism within different groups has been generated by the fast approval processes, driven by the urgent need to confront the rapid increase of hospitalized patients and number of deaths by regulation authorities as FDA and EMA. Moreover, several scientific and non-scientific perplexity, also amplified by the media, created hard no-vax strategies, that lead many patients to refuse vaccine administration. Also in this selected population higher rate of COVID-19 infections and severe diseases are registered and consequently there was an increase of death number. Furthermore, to avoid vaccine shots, people frequently ask exemption querying ophthalmological and systemic diseases, in this situation most patients affected with orphan ophthalmological conditions as inherited retinal degenerations have profound fears and doubt. The goal of our study was to ascertain if these fears are based on real facts and if there are interactions or severe visual impairment after each shot of vaccinations.Methods: Five hundred randomically selected patients affected by IRD at each patient was asked anonymously, number of vaccine administrations and eventually reported side effects.Results: Of 500 selected patients 61 (12,2%) did not underwent to Covid-19 vaccination, reasons were various (fear, laziness, caregiver unavailability etc.). Remaining 439 patients (87,8%) had first shot of vaccine. Only 30% of p