Effects of wearing a customized bite-aligning mouthguard on powerful actions in highly trained swimmers
| Autor: | Jordi Arboix-Alió, Bernat Buscà, Adrià Miró, Joan Aguilera-Castells, Fred Vergnoux, Mònica Solana-Tramunt, Raúl Arellano |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Orthodontics
Acute effects Concurrent activation potentiation business.product_category business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Repeated measures design Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Physical strength Ergogenic effects Vertical jump Power GV557-1198.995 Jaw-repositioning Medicine Time to peak Statistical analysis Original Article Mouthguard business human activities Mouthpiece Sports |
| Zdroj: | Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada instname Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, Vol 19, Iss 4, Pp 259-268 (2021) |
| Popis: | The study was supported and funded by the Faculty of Faculty of Psychology, Education Sciences and Sport Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain, grant number PIF1920-PSITIC Background/objectives: The potential advantages of wearing customized bite-aligning mouthguards on several performance parameters such as muscular strength, power and reaction time have been reported. Literature shows that the concurrent activation potentiation phenomenon, elicited by a powered and balanced jaw clenching, can provide athletes with several neuromuscular advantages. The aim of the present study was to investigate the acute effects of jaw clenching while wearing a customized bitealigning mouthguard on swimming start, countermovement jump and swim bench test, in contrast to two other conditions: non-jaw clenching and jaw clenching without mouthguard. Methods: A randomized, repeated measure within study designwas used to compare the condition effect on eight highly trained elite male and female swimmers. Results: Statistical analysis revealed a significant increase in the countermovement jump height (p ¼ 0.041) when comparing the use of mouthguards with the non-jaw condition. In the swim bench, a significant greater time to peak force (p ¼ 0.049) was found when comparing the use of mouthguards with the jaw condition. Although, non-significant effects, small differences were found in the start reaction time and 15-m freestyle swimming when comparing the use of mouthguards with the non-jaw condition. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that wearing customized, bite-aligning mouthguards had an ergogenic effect on specific measures of vertical jump and swim bench test, whereas non-meaningful but small differences were found in swimming start. Faculty of Faculty of Psychology, Education Sciences and Sport Blanquerna, Ramon Llull University, Barcelona, Spain PIF1920-PSITIC |
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