Table 3.

Thermographic Assessment of Trunk and Lower Limb Fatigue.

	Trunk Fatigue				Lower Limb Fatigue
	Pre-Fatigue Mean ± SD	Post-Fatigue Mean ± SD	Δ	ap	Pre-Fatigue Mean ± SD	Post-Fatigue Mean ± SD	Δ	ap	bp
Quadriceps/°C
Dominant	31.76±0.32	31.71±0.26	-0.12	0.601	32.21±0.25	32.33±0.30	0.29	0.232	0.255
Non-dominant	32.00±0.28	31.85±0.22	-0.48	0.687	32.21±0.26	32.61±0.25	0.48	0.038*	0.320
Hamstrings/°C
Dominant	32.15±0.33	32.05±0.29	-0.30	0.232	32.30±1.16	32.49±1.29	32.80	0.372	0.144
Non-dominant	32.15±0.32	32.25±0.29	0.00	0.663	32.28±1.17	32.36±1.29	32.45	0.409	0.507
Trunk Anterior (Abdominal)/°C
A1	33.80±0.30	31.85±0.27	-1.10	0.017*	34.05±0.32	32.20±0.28	-1.70	<0.001**	0.239
A2	33.80±0.30	31.85±0.26	-1.00	0.005*	34.20±0.32	32.05±0.30	-1.95	<0.001**	0.185
A3	33.25±0.33	31.45±0.25	-1.15	0.004*	33.15±0.35	31.50±0.33	-1.45	0.003*	0.394
A4	33.4±0.33	31.75±0.27	1.05	0.017*	33.65±0.35	31.60±0.35	-1.65	0.002*	0.208
Trunk Posterior (Back)/°C
B1	33.45±0.34	31.45±1.24	-1.40	0.002*	33.35±0.33	32.30±0.28	-1.40	0.016*	0.337
B2	33.65±0.34	31.45±0.28	-1.60	0.005*	33.65±0.34	32.55±0.26	-0.95	0.038*	0.151

SD: Standard Deviation; °C: Degrees Celsius; A and B ROI are described in Figure 1,

^ap: Wilcoxon Test: Pre-fatigue and post-fatigue intra-group comparison,

^bp: Mann Whitney U test: Comparison of differences (Δ) between the trunk and lower limb fatigue, Δ: variable difference between pre-fatigue and post-fatigue.