Título:
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Effects of wearing a customized bite-aligning mouthguard on powerful actions in highly trained swimmers
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Autor/a:
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Miró, Adrià; Buscà Safont-Tria, Bernat; Solana-Tramunt, Mònica; Aguilera-Castells, Joan; Arboix Alió, Jordi; Vernoux, Fred; Arellano, Raúl
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Otros autores:
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Universitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Psicologia, Ciències de l’Educació i de l’Esport Blanquerna |
Abstract:
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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 bite-
aligning 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 design was 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 re-
action 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 er-
gogenic effect on specific measures of vertical jump and swim bench test, whereas non-meaningful but
small differences were found in swimming start. |
Fecha de creación:
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2021 |
Materia(s):
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Nedadors Entrenament (Esports) Maxil·lars -- Protecció |
Derechos:
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L'accés als continguts d'aquest document queda condicionat a l'acceptació de les condicions d'ús establertes per la següent llicència Creative Commons:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
© The Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness |
Páginas:
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10 p. |
Tipo de documento:
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Artículo Artículo - Versión publicada |
DOI:
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesf.2021.09.003
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Editor:
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Elsevier (Singapur)
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Publish at:
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Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 19(2021), 259-268
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