PMID- 32560472
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20240329
IS  - 2075-4663 (Electronic)
IS  - 2075-4663 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 6
DP  - 2020 Jun 17
TI  - Repeated Menthol Mouth Swilling Affects Neither Strength nor Power Performance.
LID - 10.3390/sports8060090 [doi]
LID - 90
AB  - This study aimed to assess the effects of repeated menthol mouth swilling upon 
      strength and power performance. Nineteen (10 male) participants completed 
      familiarisation and experimental trials of repeated menthol mouth swilling (0.1% 
      concentration) or control (no swill) in a randomised crossover design. 
      Participants performed an isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP; peak and mean force; 
      N), vertical jump (peak; cm) and six second sprint (peak and mean power; W) under 
      each condition. Participants completed three efforts per exercise task 
      interspersed with three-minute recoveries. Mean best values were analysed via a 
      two-way mixed repeated measures ANOVA, and differences reported as effect sizes +/- 
      95% confidence intervals, with accompanying descriptors and p values. Differences 
      in peak IMTP values were unclear between familiarisation and experimental trials, 
      and between menthol and control conditions. Mean IMTP force differed between 
      familiarisation and control (0.51; -0.15 to 1.14; p = 0.001) and familiarisation 
      and menthol conditions (0.50; -0.15 to 1.14; p = 0.002) by a small degree, but 
      were unclear between control and menthol conditions. Unclear differences were 
      also noted on vertical jump performance compared to familiarisation and between 
      experimental conditions, with repeated six second peak and average power 
      performance also showing unclear effects across all comparisons. We conclude that 
      repeated menthol mouth swilling does not improve strength or power performance.
FAU - Best, Russ
AU  - Best R
AD  - Centre for Sport Science and Human Performance, Wintec, Hamilton 3200, New 
      Zealand.
AD  - School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough TS1 3BX, 
      UK.
FAU - Temm, Dani
AU  - Temm D
AD  - Centre for Sport Science and Human Performance, Wintec, Hamilton 3200, New 
      Zealand.
FAU - Hucker, Holly
AU  - Hucker H
AD  - Centre for Sport Science and Human Performance, Wintec, Hamilton 3200, New 
      Zealand.
FAU - McDonald, Kerin
AU  - McDonald K
AD  - Centre for Sport Science and Human Performance, Wintec, Hamilton 3200, New 
      Zealand.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200617
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Sports (Basel)
JT  - Sports (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101722684
PMC - PMC7353636
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - menthol
OT  - power output
OT  - repeated sprint
OT  - strength
OT  - vertical jump
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/06/21 06:00
MHDA- 2020/06/21 06:01
PMCR- 2020/06/17
CRDT- 2020/06/21 06:00
PHST- 2020/05/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/06/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/06/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/06/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/06/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/06/21 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/06/17 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - sports8060090 [pii]
AID - sports-08-00090 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/sports8060090 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sports (Basel). 2020 Jun 17;8(6):90. doi: 10.3390/sports8060090.