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This randomized controlled trial examined whether a 12-week sports vision training (SVT)-enhanced physical education program could reduce CVS symptoms in college students with high daily screen exposure.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Two hundred undergraduate students were randomized to an SVT group or a control group, with 100 participants in each group and equal sex distribution. The SVT program integrated BACKNSHOU exercises, a structured sequence of eye, neck, shoulder, and back movements used for visual and postural preparation, Fitlight reaction tasks, SENAPTEC strobe-glasses training involving intermittent visual occlusion during visuomotor activities, multi-target tracking, and sport-based cognitive-motor activities. The control group continued standard physical education and received general 20-20-20 eye-use advice. CVS symptoms were assessed before and after intervention using CVS-SMART, covering visual-fatigue, ocular-surface, and neuromuscular\/extraocular domains.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>At baseline, 149 of 200 participants were classified as CVS-positive, corresponding to a prevalence of 74.5%, with no significant difference across sex-by-group strata. After 12\u202fweeks, CVS-positive prevalence decreased from 76.0 to 44.0% in male SVT participants and from 72.0 to 38.0% in female SVT participants, whereas the control group showed only small, non-significant reductions. Self-reported symptom-specific analyses showed reductions in eye fatigue\/soreness, difficulty focusing, red eyes, headache, and neck\/shoulder\/back pain in the SVT group. Generalized linear mixed models indicated lower post-intervention odds of symptom reporting across all five modeled symptoms, with group effects favoring SVT for all symptoms and reaching statistical significance for eye fatigue\/soreness and red eyes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings suggest that dynamic, movement-based visual training may complement conventional CVS prevention strategies, although future studies incorporating objective ocular, oculomotor, and neurophysiological measures are needed to clarify mechanisms. 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