Table 2.
Surface Temperature | Upper Body (°C) | Chest (°C) | Legs (°C) | |||
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Placebo | αSleep® | Placebo | αSleep® | Placebo | αSleep® | |
Day 0 | ||||||
Before | 35.7 ± 0.4 a | 35.6 ± 0.5 a | 35.0 ± 0.7 a | 34.9 ± 0.7 a | 33.8 ± 0.5 a | 34.1 ± 0.5 a |
After | 36.0 ± 0.4 a | 35.9 ± 0.5 a | 35.6 ± 0.3 a | 35.3 ± 0.6 a | 34.7 ± 0.5 a | 34.5 ± 0.8 a |
Day 14 | ||||||
Before | 35.9 ± 0.5 a | 35.7 ± 0.3 a | 34.8 ± 0.8 a | 34.5 ± 1.1 a | 33.9 ± 0.7 a | 33.7 ± 0.8 a |
After | 36.2 ± 0.3 a | 36.0 ± 0.3 a | 35.5 ± 0.3 b | 35.1 ± 0.6 a | 34.7 ± 0.6 a | 34.1 ± 0.8 a |
Group (A) | F(7, 104) = 5.274, p = 0.024 | F(7, 104) = 2.748, p = 0.100 | F(7, 104) = 2.829, p = 0.096 | |||
Time (B) | F(7, 104) = 3.647, p = 0.059 | F(7, 104) = 2.933, p = 0.090 | F(7, 104) = 1.376, p = 0.243 | |||
Measurement (C) | F(7, 104) = 13.679, p < 0.001 | F(7, 104) = 18.861, p < 0.001 | F(7, 104) = 15.553, p < 0.001 | |||
(A) × (B) | F(7, 104) = 0.562, p = 0.455 | F(7, 104) = 0.083, p = 0.774 | F(7, 104) = 1.007, p = 0.318 | |||
(A) × (C) | F(7, 104) = 0.047, p = 0.828 | F(7, 104) = 0.204, p = 0.652 | F(7, 104) = 3.122, p = 0.080 | |||
(B) × (C) | F(7, 104) = 0.005, p = 0.942 | F(7, 104) = 0.415, p = 0.521 | F(7, 104) = 0.058, p = 0.811 | |||
(A) × (B) × (C) | F(7, 104) = 0.015, p = 0.904 | F(7, 104) < 0.001, p = 0.989 | F(7, 104) = 0.045, p = 0.833 |
Data are presented as mean ± SD. Different superscript letters (a, b) indicate significant difference among groups at the same time point (p < 0.05).