INTRODUCTION: Shooting sports develop dexterity, concentration and balance in the athletes. The stability of the shooter is dependent on his/her resistance against internal and external disturbance that affects his/her balance. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the posture control and vestibular-oculomotor system of athletic pistol shooters. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive analysis. Eight subjects (mean age of 37 years; SD ± 8.11), affiliated to the Brazilian Shooting Confederation were evaluated. A sociodemographic questionnaire, besides stabilometry associated with the shooting simulator and videonistagmoscopic computerized system were used. RESULTS: All volunteers presented right motor dominance; half shot with both eyes open; average practice time is 14 years (SD ± 9) and weekly training average is of 14 hours (SD ± 13). Half athletes reported injuries associated with shooting. Stabilometric correlation presented correlation in the anteroposterior and mediolateral velocities. None of the athletes presented pathological alteration in the videonistagmoscopic evaluation. CONCLUSION: Posture control of the assessed athletes presents significant changes to the displacement of the center of pressure velocities in the anterior-posterior and medial-lateral directions. The vestibulo-ocular system was not correlated with posture control and functional changes were not observed in any of the volunteers.
athletes; data collection; postural balance; vestibular apparatus
