Table 4.
Comparison of the heel temperatures between the two groups (n = 80, mean ± SD)
| Index | Peer group | Pretreatment baseline | Posttreatment | F,P(time) | F,P (between groups) |
F,P (interaction) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 week | 12 week | ||||||
| T1(℃) |
Control group (n = 40) |
28.37 ± 0.88 | 27.9 ± 0.89* | 28.08 ± 0.89*# |
F = 928.892, P < 0.001 |
F = 24.761, P < 0.001 |
F = 158.098, P < 0.001 |
|
Test group (n = 40) |
28.35 ± 0.97 | 27.33 ± 1.02*& | 27.44 ± 0.99*#& | ||||
| t | 0.101 | 2.658 | 3.037 | ||||
| P | 0.920 | 0.010 | 0.003 | ||||
| T2(℃) |
Control group (n = 40) |
27.99 ± 0.91 | 27.31 ± 0.91* | 27.58 ± 0.91*# |
F = 623.046, P < 0.001 |
F = 13.064, P = 0.001 |
F = 69.790, P < 0.001 |
|
Test group (n = 40) |
28.02 ± 0.87 | 26.79 ± 0.81*& | 27.01 ± 0.81*#& | ||||
| t | -0.182 | 2.723 | 2.960 | ||||
| P | 0.856 | 0.008 | 0.004 | ||||
| T3(℃) |
Control group (n = 40) |
27.92 ± 0.88 | 27.12 ± 0.86* | 27.33 ± 0.88*# |
F = 943.214, P < 0.001 |
F = 14.304, P < 0.001 |
F = 80.134, P < 0.001 |
|
Test group (n = 40) |
27.96 ± 0.98 | 26.6 ± 0.96*& | 26.78 ± 0.90*#& | ||||
| t | -0.207 | 2.533 | 2.776 | ||||
| P | 0.836 | 0.013 | 0.007 | ||||
| T4(℃) |
Control group (n = 40) |
28.03 ± 0.85 | 27.75 ± 0.79* | 27.86 ± 0.83*# |
F = 332.332, P < 0.001 |
F = 16.280, P < 0.001 |
F = 106.332, P < 0.001 |
|
Test group (n = 40) |
28.08 ± 0.93 | 27.24 ± 0.87*& | 27.33 ± 0.90*#& | ||||
| t | -0.255 | 2.769 | 2.747 | ||||
| P | 0.800 | 0.007 | 0.007 | ||||
| T5(℃) |
Control group (n = 40) |
28.55 ± 0.88 | 27.84 ± 0.84* | 28.06 ± 0.87*# |
F = 4470.958, P < 0.001 |
F = 21.664, P < 0.001 |
F = 345.050, P < 0.001 |
|
Test group (n = 40) |
28.59 ± 0.91 | 27.31 ± 0.88*& | 27.33 ± 0.90*#& | ||||
| t | -0.208 | 2.777 | 3.007 | ||||
| P | 0.836 | 0.007 | 0.007 | ||||
* indicates p < 0.001 compared to pretreatment, # indicates p < 0.05 compared to 6 weeks posttreatment; & indicates p < 0.05 compared to the control group