Table 2 Qualitative analysis of shuttles completed following the control trial (CON), cold water immersion performed immediately after exercise (CWI(0)) and cold water immersion performed three hours after the exercise trial (CWI(3)) (n = 8).
CON vs CWI(0) CON vs CWI(3) CWI(0) vs CWI(3)
Cohen’s d Effect Size .80 .50 .30
Mean Change ± 90% confidence limits 5.5 (.7) 3.3 (.6) 2.2 (.5)
% chance that effect is beneficial (trivial/harmful) 98 (2/0) 92 (7/1) 79 (18/2)