Table III.

Associations between study variables

Temperature	r	p
Temperature (knee ROI) × VAS	0.20	0.54
Temperature (knee ROI) × WOMAC	0.24	0.46
Temperature (knee ROI) × PPT VM	0.25	0.45
Temperature (knee ROI) × PPT VL	–0.34	0.29
Temperature (knee ROI) × PPT RF	–0.05	0.86
Temperature (knee ROI) × PPT PT	–0.03	0.91

ROI – region of interest, VAS – visual analog scale, WOMAC – Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, PPT – pressure pain threshold, VM – vastus medialis, VL – vastus lateralis, RF – rectus femoris, PT – patellar tendon.