Table 2.

Post hoc analyses for the primary analysis of skin temperature (infrared thermography) of the posterior trunk.

Mean ± SD				Post hoc analyses for between-differences
Time	WA	MU	GI	ΔWA vs. MU	ΔWA vs. GI	ΔMU vs. GI
t0	35.26 ± 1.09	35.13 ± 0.85	35.32 ± 0.62	t (136) = 0.84, P=1.00, d = 0.13	t (136) = −0.46, P=1.00, d = 0.08	t (136) = −1.30, P=1.00, d = 0.26
t1	34.99 ± 0.66	35.66 ± 0.55	34.84 ± 0.48	t (136) = 4.59, P < 0.001, d = 1.10	t (136) = 1.02, P=1.00, d = 0.26	t (136) = 5.62, P < 0.001, d = 1.58
t2	35.37 ± 0.65	35.82 ± 0.49	35.26 ± 0.38	t (136) = 3.04, P=0.042, d = 0.77	t (136) = 0.79, P=1.00, d = 0.22	t (136) = 3.83, P < 0.01, d = 1.28
Post hoc analyses for within-changes
Δt0 vs. t1	t (136) = −1.86, P=0.98, d = 0.30	t (136) = 3.58, P < 0.01, d = 0.73	t (136) = −3.34, P=0.011, d = 0.88
Δt0 vs. t2	t (136) = 0.78, P=1.00, d = 0.13	t (136) = 4.66, P < 0.001, d = 0.98	t (136) = −0.47, P=1.00, d = 0.14

WA, chest compress with warm water only; GI, chest compress with ginger; MU, chest compress with mustard; t0, baseline; t1, postintervention; t2, follow-up; d, Cohen's d effect size. Bold indicates p values <0.05.