Figure 8.

Change from baseline in treadmill running time in the diet-induced obese mice subjected to heat therapy (DIO-HT; n = 12), diet-induced obese mice subjected to the control treatment (DIO-CON; n = 13), and lean sham-operated (LSO; n = 8) groups. An incremental exercise test to exhaustion was conducted prior to the onset of the intervention and 36 h after the last treatment session. Data are expressed as means ± SD and were compared using a 1-way ANOVA with Tukey post hoc tests for pairwise comparisons. *Significantly different from LSO.