ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2019
Intermittent sprint performance in the heat is not altered by augmenting thermal perception via L-menthol or capsaicin mouth rinses.
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- Effects of carbohydrate, caffeine and menthol mouth rinses on exercise performance and ratings of perceived exertion: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- How Cool is That? The Effects of Menthol Mouth Rinsing on Exercise Capacity and Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of internal cooling on physical performance, physiological and perceptional parameters when exercising in the heat: A systematic review with meta-analyses.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Pooled it
- Performance effects of internal pre- and per-cooling across different exercise and environmental conditions: A systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Menthol can be safely applied to improve thermal perception during physical exercise: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Scientific reports · 2020Pooled it
- Neck cooling, with or without menthol mouth rinse, improves repeated-shuttle sprint performance and perceived thermal strain in hijab-wearing female futsal players in hot-dry indoor conditions.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
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- Menthol Mouth Rinsing Maintains Relative Power Production during Three-Minute Maximal Cycling Performance in the Heat Compared to Cold Water and Placebo Rinsing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
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- Effects of caffeinated chewing gum on prolonged repeated-sprint performance in normobaric hypoxia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Caffeine ingestion before exercise improves prolonged intermittent-sprint performance of team-sport athletes in normobaric hypoxia.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- The Effect of Menthol Mouth Rinsing and Fluid Temperature on Male Cycling Performance in Thermoneutral Conditions.Nutrients · 2024Article
- The effect of menthol rinsing before intermittent exercise on physiological, physical, and thermo-behavioral responses of male football referees in hot and humid environment.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
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- Can taste be ergogenic?European journal of nutrition · 2021Review
- Menthol Mouth Rinsing Is More Than Just a Mouth Wash-Swilling of Menthol to Improve Physiological Performance.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Review
- Menthol as an Ergogenic Aid for the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games: An Expert-Led Consensus Statement Using the Modified Delphi Method.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Article
- Repeated Menthol Mouth Swilling Affects Neither Strength nor Power Performance.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Heat alleviation strategies for athletic performance: A review and practitioner guidelines.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2020Review
- Effect of a Commercially Available Low-Dose Capsaicin Supplement on Knee Extensor Contractile Function.International journal of exercise science · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeCooling sensations elicited by mouth rinsing with L-menthol have been reported as ergogenic. Presently, responses to L-menthol mouth rinsing during intermittent sprint performance (ISP) in the heat are unknown and the impact of increased thermal perception on ISP via capsaicin has also not been quantified. This experiment aimed to identify whether eliciting cooling/warming sensations via L-menthol/capsaicin would alter ISP in the heat.
methodFourteen participants (mass = 72 ± 9 kg, [Formula: see text] = 3.30 ± 0.90 L min
resultPP reduced over time (P < 0.05); however, no change was observed between trials for PP or WD (P > 0.05). T
conclusionDespite improved thermal comfort via L-menthol, ISP did not improve. Capsaicin did not alter thermal perception or ISP. The reduction in ISP over time in hot conditions is not influenced by thermal perception.
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