dc.contributor |
Universitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Psicologia, Ciències de l’Educació i de l’Esport Blanquerna |
dc.contributor.author |
Miró, Adrià |
dc.contributor.author |
Buscà Safont-Tria, Bernat |
dc.contributor.author |
Solana-Tramunt, Mònica |
dc.contributor.author |
Aguilera-Castells, Joan |
dc.contributor.author |
Arboix Alió, Jordi |
dc.contributor.author |
Vernoux, Fred |
dc.contributor.author |
Arellano, Raúl |
dc.date.accessioned |
2022-02-23T08:16:10Z |
dc.date.available |
2022-02-23T08:16:10Z |
dc.date.issued |
2021 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2072/521451 |
dc.format.extent |
10 p. |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.publisher |
Elsevier (Singapur) |
dc.relation.ispartof |
Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 19(2021), 259-268 |
dc.rights |
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/ |
dc.rights |
© The Society of Chinese Scholars on Exercise Physiology and Fitness |
dc.source |
RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya) |
dc.subject.other |
Nedadors |
dc.subject.other |
Entrenament (Esports) |
dc.subject.other |
Maxil·lars -- Protecció |
dc.title |
Effects of wearing a customized bite-aligning mouthguard on powerful actions in highly trained swimmers |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
dc.embargo.terms |
cap |
dc.relation.projectID |
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FPCEEB/PIF1920-PSITIC |
dc.identifier.doi |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesf.2021.09.003 |
dc.rights.accessLevel |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.description.abstract |
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. |