Carbohydrate Mouth Rinsing and Softball Batting Performance

NCT06659185 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 113-8
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 14
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Participants rinsed their mouths for 20 seconds with 25 ml of either 6.4% maltodextrin (CMR) or placebo (PLA). After rinsing, the grip force, counter-movement jump (CMJ) and batting tests were performed in sequence.

Conditions

Carbohydrate

Keywords

batting accuracy; performance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• exit velocity

  The average exit velocity

  20 seconds after rinsing

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• batting accuracy

  20 seconds after rinsing

Study Arms (2)

Carbohydrate mouth rinsing

EXPERIMENTAL

Carbohydrate mouth rinsing for 20 seconds with 25 ml of 6.4% maltodextrin

Dietary Supplement: Exercise

placebo

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Mouth rinsing for 20 seconds with 25 ml of water

Dietary Supplement: Exercise

Interventions

Exercise DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

The effects of placobo mouth rinsing on softball batting performance

Also known as: plocabo mouth rinsing

Carbohydrate mouth rinsing; placebo

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• more than 6 years of professional fast-pitch softball training
• more than 6 months of continuous training
• from at least the top four teams in the country

You may not qualify if:

• non-professionally fast-pitch softball training
• lack of regular training in the past 6 months
• in the event that the applicant has sustained a sports injury or is currently experiencing epilepsy, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, or a brain injury, and has yet to undergo a period of recuperation exceeding three months

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Taiwan Sport University: lead

Study Sites (1)

National Taiwan University of Sport

Taichung, North, 404, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Exercise

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Chih Hui Chiu, PhD

  National Taiwan University of Sport

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: a double-blind crossover study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 22, 2024
• First Posted: October 26, 2024
• Study Start: May 30, 2022
• Primary Completion: May 30, 2022
• Study Completion: August 30, 2022
• Last Updated: October 26, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)