PMID- 38445204 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240307 IS - 2296-861X (Print) IS - 2296-861X (Electronic) IS - 2296-861X (Linking) VI - 11 DP - 2024 TI - Carbohydrate mouth rinse failed to reduce central fatigue, lower perceived exertion, and improve performance during incremental exercise. PG - 1329074 LID - 10.3389/fnut.2024.1329074 [doi] LID - 1329074 AB - We examined if carbohydrate (CHO) mouth rinse may reduce central fatigue and perceived exertion, thus improving maximal incremental test (MIT) performance. Nine recreational cyclists warmed up for 6 min before rinsing a carbohydrate (CHO) or placebo (PLA) solution in their mouth for 10 s in a double-blind, counterbalanced manner. Thereafter, they performed the MIT (25 W.min(-1) increases until exhaustion) while cardiopulmonary and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) responses were obtained. Pre- to post-MIT alterations in voluntary activation (VA) and peak twitch torque (Tw) were determined. Time-to-exhaustion (p = 0.24), peak power output (PPO; p = 0.45), and V̇O(2MAX) (p = 0.60) were comparable between conditions. Neither treatment main effect nor time-treatment interaction effect were observed in the first and second ventilatory threshold when expressed as absolute or relative V̇O(2) (p = 0.78 and p = 0.96, respectively) and power output (p = 0.28 and p = 0.45, respectively) values, although with moderate-to-large effect sizes. RPE increased similarly throughout the tests and was comparable at the ventilatory thresholds (p = 0.56). Despite the time main effect revealing an MIT-induced central and peripheral fatigue as indicated by the reduced VA and Tw, CHO mouth rinse was ineffective in attenuating both fatigues. Hence, rinsing the mouth with CHO was ineffective in reducing central fatigue, lowering RPE, and improving MIT performance expressed as PPO and time-to-exhaustion. However, moderate-to-large effect sizes in power output values at VT(1) and VT(2) may suggest some beneficial CHO mouth rinse effects on these MIT outcomes. CI - Copyright (c) 2024 Pires, Pinheiro, Brietzke, Franco-Alvarenga, Veras, de Matos, Rodacki and Ugrinowitsch. FAU - Pires, Flavio O AU - Pires FO AD - Exercise Psychophysiology Research Group, School of Arts, Science and Humanities, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Pinheiro, Fabiano A AU - Pinheiro FA AD - Exercise Psychophysiology Research Group, School of Arts, Science and Humanities, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. AD - School of Physical Education and Sports, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Brietzke, Cayque AU - Brietzke C AD - Exercise Psychophysiology Research Group, School of Arts, Science and Humanities, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Franco-Alvarenga, Paulo Estevao AU - Franco-Alvarenga PE AD - Exercise Psychophysiology Research Group, School of Arts, Science and Humanities, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Veras, Katherine AU - Veras K AD - Department of Nutrition, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - de Matos, Eugenia C T AU - de Matos ECT AD - Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Parana, Parana, Brazil. FAU - Rodacki, Andre L F AU - Rodacki ALF AD - Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Parana, Parana, Brazil. FAU - Ugrinowitsch, Carlos AU - Ugrinowitsch C AD - School of Physical Education and Sports, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. AD - Department of Health Sciences and Human Performance, The University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, United States. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240220 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Nutr JT - Frontiers in nutrition JID - 101642264 PMC - PMC10912157 OTO - NOTNLM OT - V̇O2MAX OT - brain OT - cycling OT - endurance performance OT - supplementation COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2024/03/06 06:44 MHDA- 2024/03/06 06:45 PMCR- 2024/01/01 CRDT- 2024/03/06 04:02 PHST- 2023/10/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/01/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/03/06 06:45 [medline] PHST- 2024/03/06 06:44 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/03/06 04:02 [entrez] PHST- 2024/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fnut.2024.1329074 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Nutr. 2024 Feb 20;11:1329074. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1329074. eCollection 2024.