ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2023
Concurrent activation potentiation improves lower-limb maximal strength but not dynamic balance control in rugby players.
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- Neuromuscular Responses of the Cranio-Cervico-Mandibular System During Professional "110th Targa Florio" Rally Competitions: An Electromyographic Study in Real-World Racing Conditions.Dentistry journal · 2026Article
- Impact of Jaw-Sucking Movements on Postural Muscles Tension in Young Adults.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Exploring the relationship between static and dynamic balance performance through the same center-of-pressure parameters.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Editorial: Postural control, exercise physiology and the balance training-type of exercises, mechanisms and insights, volume II.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Concurrent activation potentiation (CAP) increases athletic performance by activating muscles not involved in the performed activity. Among the CAP strategies, jaw clenching is the most practical to implement in sports contexts. Muscle strength and balance control are essential among rugby players to cope tackles. Besides combat sports, mouthguard has become mandatory also in rugby. Therefore, this study aimed to understand whether mouthguard jaw-clenching could improve rugby players' dynamic balance and quadriceps isometric strength. Thirteen rugby players were tested under maximal-bite (MB) and no-bite (NB) conditions. During standing balance tests, an electro-actuated platform with a force plate screwed on it allowed for the perturbation of the support base of the rugby players. A verbal signal warned the subject that the perturbation was coming, mentally recalling an in-field expected collision. In the first 2.5 s window after the perturbation, the center of pressure (CoP) displacement and mean velocity were measured. The first peak, the maximal oscillations, and the standard deviation of the anterior-posterior CoP trajectory were calculated within the same time window. In the isometric leg-extension test, a custom-built chair instrumented with a uni-axial load cell allowed to collect the maximal strength and rate of force development (RFD). Mouthguard jaw-clenching did not affect CoP-related parameters but increased maximal strength (
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