Table 2. Mean (± SD) core (T; n=10) and mean skin (mean T; n=9) temperature over the baseline period and at the end of each quarter for the precooling (PC) and control (CONT) trials.
Baseline Period (30 min) Quarter
Start Finish 1 2 3 4
TC PC 37.1 (.3) 36.7 (.4) 38.2 (.4) 38.7 (.6) 38.5 (.7) 38.6 (.6)
CONT 37.1 (.3) 36.9 (.3) * 38.4 (.3) * 38.8 (.4) 38.6 (.3) 38.6 (.4)
Mean TSk PC 31.0 (.8) 31.9 (.6) 33.7 (1.5) 33.4 (1.6) 33.1 (1.5) 32.9 (1.3)
CONT 30.7 (.9) 31.9 (.8) 33.7 (2.4) 33.4 (2.8) 32.9 (3.1) 33.0 (3.2)
* = moderate Cohen’s (0.67; 90% CL = -1.27, 0.23) effect size with PC.