How NeuroSync’s New Eye-Tracking Product Measures Cognitive Fatigue and How the Tech Can Be Applied to Basketball, Soccer, Rugby
Summary
Wearable devices and sensor-embedded apparel are typically common solutions for sports teams to make data-driven decisions on load management to understand when an athlete needs rest to perform at their best. Some of those patients are NBA players from NeuroSync’s work with teams such as the Warriors, Wizards and Hawks, who all originally leveraged the company’s Eye-Sync concussion product as a makeshift solution to monitor fatigue amid the rigors of an 82-game schedule. Anderson says NeuroSync has conducted “unofficial studies” over a couple NBA seasons with the Atlanta Hawks that affirmed a relationship between slower eye movements and sustained physical injuries. Pro-Sync’s cognitive function assessments would provide a complementary perspective for evaluating athletes whose schedules include cross country flights and games in different time zones. Theyre trashed when they get home, and nobody knows it.” Pro-Sync’s software roadmap for 2023 includes adding training protocols for athletes to practice improving their cognitive deficits in virtual reality.