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PURPOSE: This study investigated the effects of L-menthol mouth rinse and ice slurry ingestion on time to exhaustion, when administered at the latter stages (~ 85%) of baseline exercise duration in the heat (35 °C).METHOD: Ten male participants performed four time to exhaustion (TTE) trials on a cycle ergometer at 70% Wmax. In a randomized crossover design, (1) placebo-flavored non-calorific mouth rinse, (2) L-menthol mouth rinse (0.01%), or (3) ice ingestion (1.25 g kg-1), was administered at 85% of participants' baseline TTE. Time to exhaustion, core and skin temperature, heart rate, rating of perceived effort, thermal comfort and thermal sensation were recorded.RESULTS: From the point of administration at 85% of baseline TTE, exercise time was extended by 1% (placebo, 15 s), 6% (L-menthol, 82 s) and 7% (ice, 108 s), relative to baseline performance (P = 0.036), with no difference between L-menthol and ice (P > 0.05). Core temperature, skin temperature, and heart rate increased with time but did not differ between conditions (P > 0.05). Thermal sensation did not differ significantly but demonstrated a large effect size (P = 0.080; [Formula: see text] = 0.260).CONCLUSION: These results indicate that both thermally cooling and non-thermally cooling oral stimuli have an equal and immediate behavioral, rather than physiological, influence on exhaustive exercise in the heat.
Author(s): Jeffries O, Goldsmith M, Waldron M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: European Journal of Applied Physiology
Year: 2018
Volume: 118
Issue: 11
Pages: 2435-2442
Print publication date: 01/11/2018
Online publication date: 20/08/2018
Acceptance date: 11/08/2018
Date deposited: 28/08/2018
ISSN (print): 1439-6319
ISSN (electronic): 1439-6327
Publisher: Springer
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-018-3970-4
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-018-3970-4
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