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Kins 499 Mouthguard Use On Throwing Velocity, Nathan Iskowitz, Jo Morrison, Robert Blaisdell

2020 Virtual Spring Student Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

Successful pitching in baseball may be due to several factors including the mechanics of the motion, the strength, power, flexibility of the athlete, as well as their intent and fatigue levels. The pitching motion is a very powerful, violent, complex and abnormal range of motion of the body. In recent studies, it has been widely evidenced that the ability to produce instantaneous high peak force outputs is related to success in sport. Therefore, the ability to produce higher peak force may be related to the ability to pitching in baseball. Mouthguards have been shown to significantly increase power production in …