アブストラクト（33巻2号：The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College）

The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College

English

Title　： Does regular use of mouth guards improve competitive performance?
Subtitle　： Selective Proceedings of 39th General Meeting of Kanagawa Odontological Society, 2004
Authors　： Masato Kawakami1), Hideki Arakawa2), Toshiyuki Suzuki3), Hiromichi Aoki2), Minoru Toyoda2)
Authors（kana）　：
Organization　： 1)Department of Physhical Education Kanagawa Dental College, 2)Department of Prostodontics, Kanagawa Dental College, 3)Department of Dental Medicine, Yokohama Center, Kanagawa Dental College
Journal　： The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College
Volume　： 33
Number　： 2
Page　： 97-99
Year/Month　： 2005 / 9
Article　： Report
Publisher　： Kanagawa Odontological Society
Abstract　： [Abstract] We conducted experiments to determine whether the use of mouth guards has any effect on competitive performance. Our results are divided into three categories : 1) athletes who do not regularly use mouthguards and who are compelled to perform with them are negatively affected by their use, althouth the standard deviation of this statistic was large ; 2) in athletic activities that require a high level of instantaneous power outoput, athletes wearing custum-made mouthguards outperformed those wearing ready-made mouthguards ; 3) athlete sensation of flexibility and sense of balance are both affected by the placebo effect.
Practice　： Dentistry
Keywords　： mouth guard, exercise ability, placebo