Table 1.
Descriptive outcomes: temperature
| Baseline | 1 min | 2 min | 3 min | 4 min | 5 min | 5 min post-application |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Superficial | HPC | 21.08 ± 0.68 | 30.13 ± 4.67 | 33.69 ± 4.91 | 35.27 ± 3.62 | 39.52 ± 4.02 | 39.63 ± 5.08 | 28.80 ± 3.02 |
| LPC | 21.38 ± 1.18 | 24.32 ± 0.93 | 25.46 ± 1.22 | 25.72 ± 1.20 | 26.28 ± 1.26 | 26.70 ± 0.72 | 22.30 ± 0.61 | |
| HPR | 20.71 ± 1.14 | 23.63 ± 1.52 | 24.20 ± 1.10 | 25.37 ± 1.25 | 25.02 ± 1.64 | 26.14 ± 1.90 | 23.68 ± 0.93 | |
| LPR | 21.66 ± 1.25 | 21.90 ± 1.25 | 21.97 ± 1.10 | 21.86 ± 1.20 | 22.12 ± 1.39 | 21.88 ± 0.87 | 20.83 ± 1.00 | |
| Achilles tendon | HPC | 23.99 ± 1.81 | 35.45 ± 7.00 | 35.30 ± 6.40 | 35.60 ± 6.80 | 36.33 ± 8.50 | 36.56 ± 7.79 | 26.37 ± 1.42 |
| LPC | 23.47 ± 1.67 | 26.13 ± 2.08 | 26.52 ± 2.55 | 26.70 ± 2.55 | 26.98 ± 2.08 | 27.58 ± 2.73 | 25.34 ± 0.88 | |
| HPR | 23.97 ± 0.85 | 47.33 ± 6.65 | 47.86 ± 5.20 | 48.57 ± 6.24 | 49.18 ± 6.32 | 50.27 ± 6.95 | 28.11 ± 1.41 | |
| LPR | 23.21 ± 1.52 | 28.33 ± 1.87 | 28.78 ± 1.79 | 29.32 ± 1.98 | 29.60 ± 1.82 | 29.68 ± 1.87 | 25.08 ± 0.56 | |
| Musculotendinous junction | HPC | 19.62 ± 1.98 | 24.04 ± 4.32 | 25.45 ± 3.96 | 25.97 ± 4.19 | 26.80 ± 4.69 | 27.33 ± 4.78 | 22.06 ± 2.33 |
| LPC | 20.03 ± 1.36 | 21.59 ± 1.85 | 21.81 ± 1.91 | 21.99 ± 1.94 | 22.11 ± 1.91 | 22.29 ± 1.99 | 21.06 ± 1.19 | |
| HPR | 19.51 ± 1.58 | 30.30 ± 5.80 | 32.19 ± 6.09 | 33.06 ± 6.33 | 35.29 ± 7.19 | 35.15 ± 7.24 | 23.91 ± 2.01 | |
| LPR | 20.33 ± 2.62 | 21.19 ± 1.66 | 21.57 ± 1.74 | 21.80 ± 1.76 | 22.14 ± 1.87 | 22.42 ± 1.95 | 20.81 ± 0.93 |
HPC high-power capacitive, LPC low-power capacitive, HPR high-power resistive, LPR low-power resistive.