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The Effect of Wearing a Customized Mouthguard on Body Alignment and Balance Performance in Professional Basketball Players
The present study examined the influence of a customized mouthguard on body alignment and balance performance in professional basketball players. Twenty-three professional male basketball players, aged 25.8 ± 8.6 years old, were voluntarily assigned to participate in three treatments, including no t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7504132/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32899368 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176431 |
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author | Nam, Hae Joo Lee, Joon-Hee Hong, Dae-Seok Jung, Hyun Chul |
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description | The present study examined the influence of a customized mouthguard on body alignment and balance performance in professional basketball players. Twenty-three professional male basketball players, aged 25.8 ± 8.6 years old, were voluntarily assigned to participate in three treatments, including no treatment (no mouthguard), acute treatment (wearing a mouthguard), and repeated treatments (8 weeks follow-up). Body alignment status, such as spinal and pelvic posture and balance performance, were measured at each time point using a 3D Formetric III (Germany) and a postural control device (Posturomed 202, Germany), respectively. A repeated MANOVA analysis with a Bonferroni post hoc test was applied, and the adjusted p-value was set at 0.02. No significant treatment effect was observed in body alignment (p = 0.302). However, univariate analysis showed a significant difference in pelvic torsion, where it was decreased after acute and repeated mouthguard treatments compared to no treatment (p < 0.001). Kyphotic angle also increased significantly following 8 weeks of treatment compared to no treatment (p < 0.001) and acute treatment (p < 0.002). There was a significant treatment effect on balance performance (p < 0.001). Both static and dynamic balance performance improved following 8 weeks of treatment (p < 0.001). Our study revealed that a customized mouthguard provides a benefit to balance performance. Notably, repeated treatment impacts on balance performance more than acute treatment. Although our findings did not show a significant effect on body alignment, some positive results, such as pelvic torsion and kyphotic angle, may provide substantial information for developing future longitudinal studies with large sample sizes. |
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spelling | pubmed-75041322020-09-24 The Effect of Wearing a Customized Mouthguard on Body Alignment and Balance Performance in Professional Basketball Players Nam, Hae Joo Lee, Joon-Hee Hong, Dae-Seok Jung, Hyun Chul Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The present study examined the influence of a customized mouthguard on body alignment and balance performance in professional basketball players. Twenty-three professional male basketball players, aged 25.8 ± 8.6 years old, were voluntarily assigned to participate in three treatments, including no treatment (no mouthguard), acute treatment (wearing a mouthguard), and repeated treatments (8 weeks follow-up). Body alignment status, such as spinal and pelvic posture and balance performance, were measured at each time point using a 3D Formetric III (Germany) and a postural control device (Posturomed 202, Germany), respectively. A repeated MANOVA analysis with a Bonferroni post hoc test was applied, and the adjusted p-value was set at 0.02. No significant treatment effect was observed in body alignment (p = 0.302). However, univariate analysis showed a significant difference in pelvic torsion, where it was decreased after acute and repeated mouthguard treatments compared to no treatment (p < 0.001). Kyphotic angle also increased significantly following 8 weeks of treatment compared to no treatment (p < 0.001) and acute treatment (p < 0.002). There was a significant treatment effect on balance performance (p < 0.001). Both static and dynamic balance performance improved following 8 weeks of treatment (p < 0.001). Our study revealed that a customized mouthguard provides a benefit to balance performance. Notably, repeated treatment impacts on balance performance more than acute treatment. Although our findings did not show a significant effect on body alignment, some positive results, such as pelvic torsion and kyphotic angle, may provide substantial information for developing future longitudinal studies with large sample sizes. MDPI 2020-09-03 2020-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7504132/ /pubmed/32899368 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176431 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Nam, Hae Joo Lee, Joon-Hee Hong, Dae-Seok Jung, Hyun Chul The Effect of Wearing a Customized Mouthguard on Body Alignment and Balance Performance in Professional Basketball Players |
title | The Effect of Wearing a Customized Mouthguard on Body Alignment and Balance Performance in Professional Basketball Players |
title_full | The Effect of Wearing a Customized Mouthguard on Body Alignment and Balance Performance in Professional Basketball Players |
title_fullStr | The Effect of Wearing a Customized Mouthguard on Body Alignment and Balance Performance in Professional Basketball Players |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Wearing a Customized Mouthguard on Body Alignment and Balance Performance in Professional Basketball Players |
title_short | The Effect of Wearing a Customized Mouthguard on Body Alignment and Balance Performance in Professional Basketball Players |
title_sort | effect of wearing a customized mouthguard on body alignment and balance performance in professional basketball players |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7504132/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32899368 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176431 |
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