Joan Aguilera-Castells

Ramon Llull University | URL · Faculty of Psychology, Education Sciences and Sport Blanquerna

Beyond the preventive role of wearing bite-aligning mouthguards (MG), recent research has investigated its neuromuscular effects and possible benefits in different parameters such as muscular strength, power or muscle activation (Allen et al., 2018; Ebben et al., 2008; Schulze & Busse, 2019). The reason for these ergogenic effects may be associated...

INTRODUCTION: The repeated execution unilateral jumps and COD actions involve large neuromuscular loads which may lead to asymmetries between limbs (Bishop et al, 2019) and, consequently, to an injury risk. The magnitude and direction of these asymmetries during change of direction (COD) actions have rarely favoured the same direction in sport popu...

El objetivo principal de este trabajo fue revisar la literatura disponible sobre las variables contextuales y de juego en el deporte del hockey sobre patines. Se identificaron los temas de investigación más comunes, se describieron sus metodologías y se sistematizaron las tendencias evolutivas de esta área de investigación. Se realizó una revisión...

L’objectiu principal d’aquest treball va ser revisar la literatura disponible sobre les variables contextuals i de joc en l’esport de l’hoquei sobre patins. Es van identificar els temes de recerca més comuns, se’n van descriure les metodologies i es van sistematitzar les tendències evolutives d’aquesta àrea de recerca. Es va fer una revisió sistemà...

El objetivo principal de este trabajo fue revisar la literatura disponible sobre las variables contextuales y de juego en el deporte del hockey sobre patines. Se identificaron los temas de investigación más comunes, se describieron sus metodologías y se sistematizaron las tendencias evolutivas de esta área de investigación. Se realizó una revisión...

Background/objectives The possible mechanisms supporting the relationship between the masticatory and the musculoskeletal systems have been recently investigated. It has been suggested that jaw clenching promotes ergogenic effects on prime movers through the phenomenon of concurrent activation potentiation (CAP). The purpose of this study was to an...

Background. Superimposition of vibration has been proposed in sports training using several devices and methods to enhance muscle activation and strength adaptations. Due to the popularity of suspension training, vibration systems have recently been developed to increase the effects of this training method. The present cross-sectional study aims to...

El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar la relación entre las capacidades físicas, el hábito de realizar actividad física y la capacidad de atención selectiva en una muestra de estudiantes de enseñanza secundaria. La muestra fue configurada por un total de 97 participantes, concretamente 51 estudiantes de género femenino (n = 51) y 46 de géne...

This study aimed to analyse the influence of various game variables on the final result of rink hockey matches. The influence of the game location, scoring the first goal of the match, winning at halftime and winning at halftime were analysed. A total of 480 matches of the Spanish first division (OK Liga) played during the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 s...

El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar la influencia de las distintas variables de juego en el resultado final de los partidos de hockey sobre patines. Se analizó la influencia de la localización del partido, marcar el primer gol del encuentro, ir ganando al finalizar la primera parte e ir ganando al finalizar la primera parte por más de u...

The main purpose of the present study was to build a parsimonious model to predict the probability of winning in rink hockey from different situational variables and evaluate each predictor's contribution to the match outcome. A sample of 238 matches played during the last season in the Spanish first division (OkLiga) was analysed. The best predict...

Nowadays, suspension devices are one of the most widely used pieces of equipment to produce perturbation and strengthen most muscle groups globally. However, there is a lack of evidence of their effects on the lower limb. Thus, the main objective of this doctoral thesis was to quantify force production, muscle activity and the magnitude of perturba...

The main objective of this study was to analyze the influence of individual set-pieces (Free Direct Hits and Penalties) in elite rink hockey match outcomes in different game situations. A sample of 161 matches played between high-standard teams during ten consecutive seasons were analyzed using a binary logistic regression. The full evaluated model...

Background/Objectives The potential advantages of wearing customized bite-aligning mouthguards on several performance parameters such as muscular strength, power and reaction time have been reported. Literature shows that the concurrent activation potentiation phenomenon, elicited by a powered and balanced jaw clenching, can provide athletes with s...

Traditionally in strength and conditioning environments, vibration has been transmitted using platforms, barbells, dumbbells, or cables but not suspension devices. This study aimed to examine the effects on the lower limb of applying superimposed vibration on a suspension device. Twenty-one physically active men and women performed supine bridge an...

The main objective of this research was to analyze the individual set-pieces influence on the final season ranking in rink hockey. For this purpose, 6,920 individual set-pieces from 1,680 matches corresponding to free direct hits (n = 4,332) and penalty shots (n = 2,588) were analyzed during seven consecutive seasons (2012-13 to 2018-19) in the Fir...

El interés en el equilibrio competitivo de los diferentes deportes de equipo ha ido en aumento en los últimos años. Sin embargo, todavía hay pocas investigaciones referentes a deportes minoritarios como el hockey sobre patines. Por este motivo, el objetivo del estudio fue cuantificar el balance competitivo de diferentes ligas europeas profesionales...

The interest in competitive balance in different team sports has increased over time. However, hitherto, scant research has been conducted into minority sports, such as rink hockey. With these circumstances in mind, the primary objective of this study was to quantify the competitive balance in different European professional rink hockey leagues (Sp...

The direction of inter-limb asymmetries and the change of direction (COD) deficit are two aspects that have increased in recent years. The main objective of the present study was to assess the magnitude of neuromuscular asymmetries in an elite youth female team-sports sample and determine its directionality. Secondary objectives were to evaluate th...

The purpose of the present systematic review was to determine the acute effects of wearing bite-aligning mouthguards on muscle strength, power, agility and quickness in athletes. A search of the current literature was performed using the electronic databases (until 1 May 2021) Web of Science, Scopus and Medline. The inclusion criteria were: (1) des...

The main objective of this research was to find associations between the outcome of a simulated CrossFit® competition, anthropometric measures, and standardized fitness tests. Ten experienced male CrossFit® athletes (age 28.8 ± 3.5 years; height 175 ± 10.0 cm; weight 80.3 ± 12.5 kg) participated in a simulated CrossFit® competition with three bench...

The main objective of this research was to analyse the match context variables' influence on individual set-piece's success in rink-hockey. A sample of 196 matches, including 621 free direct hits (FDH) and 292 penalties (PEN) were analysed using logistic regression analysis. The results indicate that Match status has a significant effect on FDH and...

Objectives: The main purpose of this investigation was to analyse the coincidence between the dominant leg (subjectively determined) and the strong leg (objectively determined from the performance in the functional tests) in roller hockey players. A secondary objective was evaluating the coincidence between both previous criteria and the starting l...

The magnitude of inter-limb asymmetries has been reported in several studies in different team sports but only some of them have analysed their effects on sports performance. The main purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine inter-limb asymmetries and examine their relationship with different physical performance tests in rink hockey...

Background. Physical fitness is considered an important indicator of health in adolescents. However, in recent years several studies in the scientific literature have shown a considerable lower trend and an alarming worsening of the current adolescents’ physical condition when comparing with previous decades, especially in urban populations. The ai...

This study aimed to understand the acute responses on the muscular activity of primary movers during the execution of a half-squat under different unstable devices. Fourteen male and female high-standard track and field athletes were voluntarily recruited. A repeated measures design was used to establish the differences between muscle activity of t...

This poster shows the level of activity of the muscles of the lower limbs, both the prime movers and the stabilisers, in a unilateral exercise such as the Bulgarian squat, performed under conditions of stability (floor), single instability (suspension or BOSU) and dual instability (suspension and BOSU). In addition, the comparison between force pro...

Background. The aim of this study was to investigate if choice over resistance training exercise order affects motor performance and psychological outcomes among elite youth hockey players. Methods. Seventeen elite hockey players (male, n = 14; female, n = 3, age: 15.1± 1.1 years) participated in this study. In the first session, individual optimum...

The effects of wearing an intra-oral device on several ventilatory and fatigue markers have been reported for a variety of sports. The quality of the figures performed in synchronized swimming is directly affected by fatigue, and can be monitored during training sessions (TS). The aim of the study was to investigate the acute effects of wearing cus...

Actually, there is scarce literature looking for the relationship between inter-limb asymmetries and performance in youth elite team sports. The main purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the relationships between inter-limb asymmetries and physical performance in youth elite team-sports players. A secondary objective was to evaluate...

Suspension training is an adjunct to traditional strength and conditioning. The effect of added instability on muscle activation during traditional exercises is unclear and depends on the exercise and type of instability. The purpose of this review was to compare the activations of different muscles in suspension training exercises and their tradit...

The purpose of this study was to quantify the home advantage in both men’s and women’s Portuguese professional division roller hockey leagues comparing the results obtained according to the sex of participants. The sample was composed of 2,080 roller hockey games (n = 1,632 in First men’s division; and n = 448 in First women’s division) between the...

This article reports data concerning the body centre of mass ac- celeration, muscle activity, and forces exerted during a suspended lunge under different stability conditions. Ten high-standard track and field athletes were recruited to perform one set of 5 repeti- tions of the following exercises: suspended lunge, suspended lunge-Foam (front leg o...

El propósito del estudio fue analizar la ventaja de jugar como local en la liga profesional masculina de hockey sobre patines (OkLiga). Para el estudio se analizaron los datos de las últimas 17 temporadas de la OkLiga (desde la 1999-2000 hasta la 2015-2016) y se analizaron 3964 partidos. Se analizaron también los goles marcados y recibidos cuando l...

Practitioners of strength and conditioning are increasingly using vibration and unstable environments to enhance training effects. However, little evidence has been found comparing the use of suspension devices and vibratory platforms used in the Bulgarian squat. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to examine the effect of suspension devi...

The purpose of this study was to quantify the competitive balance in both men’s and women’s professional division roller hockey competitions (Spanish and Portugal leagues) comparing the results obtained according to the sex of participants. The sample was composed of 5,942 roller hockey games (2,044 in Spanish male league, 1,580 in Spanish female l...

INTRODUCTION: Performance analysis appears to be widely accepted by players, coaches and sports scientists as useful feedback in the coaching process in order to achieve better results (Liu et al., 2016). Although there have been several investigations on the different variables and performance indicators in some team sports such as basketball, han...

INTRODUCTION:The acute effects of fatigue on serve speed, accuracy, and consistency were examined over consecutive days of pro- longed tennis match play (2,3) or when a fatiguing exercise protocol was performed (1,4) in college or high-standard tennis players. However, these previous studies showed a lack of consensus in their results. For this rea...

Introduction The lack of physical activity in children has become a serious problem in society in recent years. Inactivity is considered a risk factor in developing obesity and diseases such as diabetes (Morales et al., 2011). Apart from the physical benefits that physical activity bestows, many believe there are cognitive benefits as well, includi...

PURPOSE: To determine whether heart rate variability (HRV) is a suitable method for monitoring the effect of a training session (TS) in elite synchronized swimmers METHODS: We recorded resting HRV (Rest) in 12 elite swimmers (mean age: 21.5±3.5 yrs) for 3 days over one week, interspersed by 48 h, prior to the 2015 World Swimming Championships. Duri...

Kicking is a crucial motor skill in soccer. Accuracy and velocity are the two primary factors responsible for kicking performance. Coaches and practitioners design programs with practice sessions in which kicking actions are involved.PURPOSE: To examine the effects on kicking performance of different types of extrinsic video feedbacks such as slow-...

Unstable surfaces have been used to enhance the muscle activity (MA) in different strength and conditioning exercises. Some evidence supports that the unstable surface increases the motor unit recruitment and improves the neuromuscular coordination in order to maintain balance. Thus, an emerging trend is the utilization of suspension devices to inc...

The forces exerted on a suspension device have been examined in the upper body exercises such as push-ups or inverted row. However, there is a lack of evidence with regard to the effects of a suspension device on force production in lower limb exercises. For this reason, this aim of this study was to determine the effects of body position, contract...

El principal objetivo de este trabajo fue estudiar la ventaja de marcar el primer gol del partido en hockey sobre patines y conocer su incidencia en el resultado final. Un objetivo secundario fue determinar si existen diferencias significativas en función de si el equipo que marca primero es el local o el visitante. Para ello se analizaron 240 part...

Resumen: El objetivo de este trabajo fue comparar y cuantificar las asimetrías neuromusculares entre las extre-midades inferiores que presentan los jugadores de hockey sobre patines. Un objetivo secundario fue correlacionar el índice de asimetrías (ASI) entre las diferentes pruebas neuromusculares testadas. Un total de 27 jugadores de sexo masculin...

Introduction: Nowadays, there is a lack of consensus about the real association between inter-limb neuromuscular asymmetry and physical performance in youth athletes (1,2). The aim of the present study was to identify the relationship between unilateral jump asymmetries and sprinting, jumping and change of direction. Methods: A total of 80 youth el...

INTRODUCTION: Recently, some authors suggested that many unilateral actions a team sport player is required to perform in practice or match occur not only in the vertical direction but also in horizontal and lateral direction . Therefore, when assessing unilateral tasks it’s important to consider different directions to create an accurate profile p...

Introduction: The assessment of muscle activity and forces had been examined in different upper body exercises like push-ups, inverted row and plank (Mok et al., 2014), all of these performed in traditional and suspended conditions. In lower body exercises, Malliaropoulos et al. (2015) assessed the suspension device effect on muscle activity in ham...

INTRODUCTION: Multi-directional sports require consistent abilities in sprinting, pushing and agility(Taylor, et al., 2017). The ability of handball players to develop explosive efforts and powerful pushes is a crucial performance factor (Hermassi et al., 2017). There are several approaches for assessing the sprint ability. MySprint is an accessibl...

Background Basketball players commonly use mouthguards for protecting their mouths from collisions with other players. Besides, literature reports that specific types of mouthguards may become an ergogenic device that facilitates a powerful jaw clenching, and a subsequent concurrent activation potentiation through this remote voluntary contraction...

ABSTRACT: This study is aimed at analyzing the speed capacity in a sample of 10 roller hockey players by comparing the influence and the performance of the exercises executed with and without skates. Non-professional and male players (aged 22,6±3,6 years old) were undergone to the 20 Meter Dash test, which analyzes the speed capacity. The test was...

El propósito del estudio fue comprobar el grado de influencia de una unidad didáctica de velocidad sobre la capacidad de salto, la velocidad lineal, la agilidad y el tiempo de compromiso motor aplicado a un grupo-clase de secundaria. Se reclutaron alumnos de 3º de la ESO (n=27, edad=14,14±0,36), dividiéndose en grupo control (n=14, edad=14,14±0,36)...

Introduction Lunge is one of the most used exercise in strength and conditioning programs (McCurdy et al., 2004). Variations of lunge techniques, like position, overload and unstable surface or the use of suspension devices, seems to modify the muscle activation and force production (Dawes & Melrose, 2015; Saeterbakken & Fimland, 2013). For this re...

Solana-Tramunt, M.1, Morales, J.1, Buscà, B.2, Aguilera, J.2, Blanco, S.1 1. FPCEE Blanquerna, SAFE Research group, University Ramon Llull (Barcelona, Spain) 2. FPCEE Blanquerna, GRIES Research group, University Ramon Llull (Barcelona, Spain) Introduction: Shoulder injury is a common problem of overhead athletes. When the amount of IR or total arc...

El propósito del estudio fue analizar la resistencia aeróbica en una muestra de 10 jugadores de hockey patines comparando la influencia y el rendimiento deportivo de los ejercicios efectuados con y sin patines. Los jugadores eran de sexo masculino, no profesionales, con una edad media de 22,6 ±3,6 años y realizaron el test de Luc Léger, que valora...