Customised Mouthguards on Baseball and Softball Performance (CM&Baseball)

February 17, 2025 updated by: Chih-Hui Chiu, National Taiwan Sport University

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

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

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

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.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

25

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Taiwan
    • North
      • Taichung, North, Taiwan, 404
        • National Taiwan University of Sport

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

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.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Mouthguards
Participants wore the mouthguard
Device: Customised mouthguards
Wore customised mouthguards and measurement athletic performance of baseball and softball performance.
No Intervention: Control
Participants did not ware the mouthguard

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Taiwan Sport University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Chih Hui Chiu, PhD, National Taiwan University of Sport

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 20, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 30, 2024

Study Completion (Actual)

December 20, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 17, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 17, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 25, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 17, 2025

Last Verified

February 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 114-1 (Other Identifier: NTUS)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

No IPD sharing plan

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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