Concerning the influence of wearing bite up oral appliance on reaction time of the exercise

Abstract

It is thought that for some sports so called the "agility" accomplishes the key role from the viewpoint of the improvement of the performance and the injury prevention. Therefore we examined the influence of bite up with the oral appliances on the agility. Tested sporting event were cervical retroflexed force. EVA mouthguard and resin splint were used for the oral appliances. Reaction time was measured as a response to stimulated light by the activating time of the masseter muscle and activating time of the main muscle. It is found the reaction time of neck muscles movement tends to be shortened by wearing of the oral appliances. These results were seemed to be based on decrease of a free way space by the bite up with the oral appliances resulted in shortening the reaction time of the masseter and the stabilized occlusion. (141 words).