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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

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(6), 3527; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063527
by Seana Crosby 1, Anna Butcher 1, Kerin McDonald 1, Nicolas Berger 2, Petrus J. Bekker 1 and Russ Best 1,*
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(6), 3527; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063527
Submission received: 20 December 2021 / Revised: 7 March 2022 / Accepted: 13 March 2022 / Published: 16 March 2022

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The authors explored the effect of 3 mouth rinses (PLA, cold water, and MEN) on 3-minute maximal cycling performance in a hot environment. Please find attached my specific comments to the manuscript. The methods were done fairly well apart from minimum familiarization to a test that has a known learning effect and the lack of determining each individual's test-re-test reliability . The results section needs to be improved and the conclusions softened in light of the small difference in power with MEN compared to PLA and CON. 

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Thank you for kindly reviewing our paper, please find attached a response to reviewers' comments and an amended manuscript.

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Reviewer 2 Report

There was no strong justification to propose that Menthol Mouth rinse may potentially be of benefit to short 3 min maximal exercise. The explanation provided was based on studies that employed endurance exercise.

Detail comments are provided in the manuscript as attached.

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Author Response

Thank you for kindly reviewing our paper, please find attached a response to reviewers' comments and an amended manuscript.

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