TABLE 3.
Magnitude-based inferences after recovery by hot- (38°C), thermoneutral- (28°C) and cold- (15°C) water immersion compared to control.
| Cell type | Intervention Moment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| post-im | pre-t | post-t | 24 h post-ex | |
| Water immersion temperature | Higher/trivial/lower % (qualitative inference) | |||
| Leukocyte | ||||
| 38°C | 7/52/41 (unclear) | 3/15/82 (likely) | 2/8/90 (likely) | 12/57/31 (unclear) |
| Lymphocyte | ||||
| 38°C | 8/33/59 (unclear) | 4/14/82 (likely) | 4/17/79 (likely) | 20/60/20 (unclear) |
| Monocyte | ||||
| 38°C | 2/14/84 (likely) | 8/11/81 (likely) | 2/4/94 (likely) | 11/10/79 (likely) |
| CD25+ in CD4 T cells | ||||
| 28°C | 12/33/55 (unclear) | 2/26/72 (possibly) | 9/22/69 (unclear) | 5/23/72 (possibly) |
| 15°C | 2/29/69 (possibly) | 2/10/88 (likely) | 15/43/42 (unclear) | 6/26/68 (unclear) |
| Non-classical monocytes | ||||
| 38°C | 77/20/3 (likely) | 38/35/27 (unclear) | 93/4/3 (likely) | 12/42/46 (unclear) |
| 28°C | 87/11/2 (likely) | 88/10/2 (likely) | 99/1/0 (very likely) | 12/30/58 (unclear) |
Post-im, immediately post immersion; pre-t, immediately before performance test; post-t, immediately after performance tests; 24 h post-ex, 24 h after the exercise session.