Effect of a sports mouthguard on the functional range of motion of the spine and the upper body posture in taekwondo

• Main Authors: Daniela Ohlendorf (Author), Mara Romdhane (Author), Christoph Lehmann (Author), Sebastian Lehmann (Author), Stefan Kopp (Author), Christian Maurer-Grubinger (Author), Gerhard Oremek (Author), David A. Groneberg (Author), Eileen M. Wanke (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The aim is to investigate to what extent the different oral protections compared to the habitual occlusion affect the upper body posture in statics and during taekwondo-specific movement. Methods 12 Taekwondoka (5 f/7 m) of German national team were measured by using a 3d back sc...