Tari, Benjamin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3751-3179
Lowery, Megan
Jones, Chris M.
Austin, Kieran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5438-8587
Loosemore, Mike
Burgess, Paul W. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6894-6658
Ronca, Flaminia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7423-1088
Funding for this research was provided by:
FIFA Scholarship Fund.
Article History
Received: 3 December 2025
Accepted: 9 April 2026
First Online: 21 May 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from University College London before all testing procedures (13985/007). Institutional ethical approval was provided for this study, which was conducted per the 2013 Helsinki Declaration.
: ML was, KA and CMJ are currently employed by Sport and Wellbeing Analytics (SWA) at the time of the study, and KA and CMJ are employed by SWA; manufacturers of the PROTECHT mouthguard. ML is part of the SWA executive board.