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. 2010 Oct 7;109(6):1869–1879. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01022.2010

Table 1.

Body mass, quadriceps mass, and long bone lengths after 11 days of treatment

Warm (25°C)
Cold (16°C)
Wheel (n = 15) No wheel (n = 16) Wheel (n = 16) No wheel (n = 15) Pairwise Differences*
Body mass, g 15.90 (0.92) 15.15 (0.81) 16.31 (0.68) 15.36 (0.85) WW > WN
CW > WN
CW > CN
Quadriceps mass, g 0.103 (0.01) 0.085 (0.01) 0.096 (0.01) 0.084 (0.01) WW > WN
WW > CN
CW > WN
CW > CN
Femur length, mm 12.88 (0.20) 12.71 (0.18) 12.82 (0.21) 12.58 (0.18) WW > WN
WW > CN
CW > CN
Tibia length, mm 15.45 (0.34) 15.30 (0.26) 15.46 (0.32) 15.19 (0.21) WW > CN
CW > CN
Humerus length, mm 10.07 (0.14) 9.97 (0.12) 10.14 (0.21) 10.02 (0.15) CW > WN
Radius length, mm 9.90 (0.11) 9.83 (0.15) 9.85 (0.24) 9.62 (0.63) WW > CN
WN > CN
CW > CN

Values are means (SD). WW, warm wheel; WN, warm no wheel; CW, cold wheel; CN, cold no wheel.

*

P < 0.05 by 1-way ANOVA and Tukey's honestly significant difference test.