Customised Mouthguards on Baseball and Softball Performance
CM&Baseball
Effects of Concurrent Activiation Potentation Induced by Customized Mouth Guard on Baseball and Softball Performance
1 other identifier
interventional
25
1 country
1
Brief Summary
Whether the use of customised mouthguards is effective in improving the athletic performance of baseball and softball performance
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable
Started Feb 2024
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 20, 2024
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
September 30, 2024
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 20, 2024
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
February 17, 2025
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
February 21, 2025
CompletedFebruary 21, 2025
February 1, 2025
7 months
February 17, 2025
February 17, 2025
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
exit velocity
Test the pitching or batting exit velocity
Immediately after wore customized mouthguard or not
Study Arms (2)
Mouthguards
EXPERIMENTALParticipants wore the mouthguard
Control
NO INTERVENTIONParticipants did not ware the mouthguard
Interventions
Wore customised mouthguards and measurement athletic performance of baseball and softball performance.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- 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
You may not qualify if:
- 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.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
National Taiwan University of Sport
Taichung, North, 404, Taiwan
Related Publications (1)
Teng NC, Hu YH, Wu TI, Shiu YJ, Yen CW, Chan WJ, Chiu CH. Biting on Customized Mouthguards Improves Vertical Jump and Slider Quality of Baseball Pitchers. J Strength Cond Res. 2025 Aug 13. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000005233. Online ahead of print.
PMID: 40845272DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Chih Hui Chiu, PhD
National Taiwan University of Sport
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- CROSSOVER
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
February 17, 2025
First Posted
February 21, 2025
Study Start
February 20, 2024
Primary Completion
September 30, 2024
Study Completion
December 20, 2024
Last Updated
February 21, 2025
Record last verified: 2025-02
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share
No IPD sharing plan