PONE-D-20-05356

Does the roller type influence on recovery rate, thermal response and DOMS prevention?

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Reviewer #1: The current manuscript looks to determine if there is a difference between foam roller type versus passive recovery following a bout of maximum effort jump squats. Thermal imaging was used to measure changes in blood flow via skin temperature and blood lactate was measured to gauge the effectiveness of the exercise and determine difference in immediate recovery. It was determined that the type of foam roller doesn’t affect the clearance of lactate or symptoms associated with DOMS, however, it was found to show some improvements versus passive recovery. While the manuscript is well written, I do believe it needs revisions before it can be published.

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Does the type of foam roller influence the recovery rate, thermal response and DOMS prevention?

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Thank you for submitting your manuscript to PLOS ONE. After careful consideration, we feel that it has merit but does not fully meet PLOS ONE’s publication criteria as it currently stands. Therefore, we invite you to submit a revised version of the manuscript that addresses the points raised during the review process.

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ACADEMIC EDITOR: Myself, along with Reviewers' 1 and 2, thought that the manuscript was much improved with the edits of the resubmission. A member of PLOS ONE's Statistical Advisory Board was also asked to review the revised submission.  Please address the minor revision/comments of Reviewers 2 and 3, prior to acceptance.

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Reviewer #1: Thank you for responding to my previous comments. I believe you have adequately answered all comments and the manuscript is ready for submission.

Reviewer #2: Much improvement on the writing and grammar. This was much easier to ready, thank you for the rewrites and the work put into editing.

Few minor notes:

Abstract paragraph 1: add foam into the correct spots

Still a few times that “it” is used and should be edited.

Line 93: expend upon how or why Hodgson questions long term affects

Line 139: what is the (REST acronym for) do you mean that REST is equal to adaptation and thermal images. If so that seems to be confusing.

Reference: please make sure the proper reference formats are being used throughout the entire reference sections.

Reviewer #3: In a randomized study of 33 males, pain levels were repeatedly assessed up to 96 hours post exercise using the Visual Analog Scale following foam rolling with smooth (STH), grid roller (GRID) or passive recovery (PAS). Additionally thermal imaging of skin temperature and blood lactate were repeatedly measured. In the PAS group, lactate concentration at 30 minutes was significantly lower than the other two groups. Pain scores decreased significantly in the STH group between 48 and 96 hours and systemic decreases in VAS scores were observed in the GRID group. No significant changes in VAS scores for the PAS group was observed.

Minor revisions:

1- In the abstract, indicate that the trial was randomized.

2- Move the sentences from lines 122-8 to the results section. Indicate the type of summary statistics provided in parenthesis.

3- Line 182: typographical error: Large effects had and eta-squared “>” 0.40.

4- Provide a summary table of the results corresponding to the details contained in lines 190-9. Include summary statistics, the overall p-value from the repeated measures ANOVA, and the pairwise Bonferroni corrected p-values (similar to Table 2).

5- Table 1: To conform to standard practice, transpose the matrix. List the groups in columns at the top and the biometric characteristics in the rows. Additionally, indicate that the summary values are means and standard deviations or standard errors of the means.

6- Table 2: Indicate the type of summary statistic following the +/- sign.

7- Be consistent with the notation for Tsk.

8- Page 21: Indicate if the confidence intervals shown on the graph were adjusted for repeated measures.

9- Recreate Figure 2 making it similar to Figure 1. Use a line plot and confidence intervals.

10- State and justify the study’s target sample size with a pre-study statistical power calculation. The power calculation should include: sample size, alpha level (indicating one or two-sided), minimal detectable difference and statistical testing method.

11- Indicate the date range subjects were enrolled in the study.

12- Clearly define the aims of the study.

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Reviewer #1: No

Reviewer #2: No

Reviewer #3: No

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Does the type of foam roller influence the recovery rate, thermal response and DOMS prevention?

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Additional Editor Comments (optional):

Please fix the following grammatical errors in the manuscript:

Abstract, Line 33: Change "In randomized trial, enrolled..." to "This randomized trial enrolled.."

Page 4, line 79: change "In research is also suggested..." to "Research also suggests..."

Page 5, line 118: Change "Whether the type of roller in single foam rolling treatment influence on the..." to "whether the type of roller in single foam rolling treatment influences the rate...".

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