Customised Mouthguards on Baseball and Softball Performance

Effects of Concurrent Activiation Potentation Induced by Customized Mouth Guard on Baseball and Softball Performance

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06840340

Acronym

CM&Baseball

Enrollment

Registered

2025-02-21

Start date

2024-02-20

Completion date

2024-12-20

Last updated

2025-02-21

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Conditions

Control Condition, Oral Manifestations

Keywords

concurrent activation potentiation, bite force

Brief summary

Whether the use of customised mouthguards is effective in improving the athletic performance of baseball and softball performance

Detailed description

This study recruited 45 baseball and softball players, including 30 fielders and 15 pitchers. Using a randomized crossover experimental design, the study was divided into randomised divided into customised mouthguards trial (MG) and control trial (CON) without temporal positioning. After the participants wore the mouthguard, they performed the vertical jump and grip strength tests sequentially. At the end of the test, depending on the pitcher or fielder, a baseball pitching ability test or a hitting ability test was conducted using a radar baseball tracking system. It is expected to analyze the vertical jump height, grip strength, pitchers' straight and changeup ball speeds, rotation speeds, degree of displacement, on-base and off-base locations. Hitting ability was expected to be documented with respect to initial velocity, elevation, and consistency of elevation.

Interventions

DEVICECustomised mouthguards

Wore customised mouthguards and measurement athletic performance of baseball and softball performance.

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 30 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* has won the top 8 national level baseball of softball championships in the last three years. * no cardiovascular and joint diseases. * aged 20 or above who are adults * continuing to train professionally more than 5 days a week for the past year

Exclusion criteria

* have not won the top 8 national baseball or softball championships in the past three years. * have a cardiovascular or joint disease, or any injuries that may be impaired by exercise. * participants who are underage or not in regular baseball or softball training * have injury to the temporomandibular joint.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
exit velocity	Immediately after wore customized mouthguard or not	Test the pitching or batting exit velocity

Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026