Table 3. Mean skin temperature (Tsk) responses at baseline, after each half of exercise and during a 15 min half-time (HT) period (CG = Cooling Glove, CJ = Cooling Jacket, CG+J = Cooling Glove and Jacket, NC = No Cooling). Values expressed in mean (±SD).
Baseline End 1st Half * HT 5 min * HT 10 min * HT 15 min * End 2nd Half *
Mean Tsk CG 34.64 (.73) 36.28 (.75) 35.68 (.76) 35.37 (.82) 35.14 (.80) 36.34 (.71)
CJ 34.77 (.73) 36.18 (.65) 35.38 (.66) c 35.14 (.52) 34.90 (.61) 36.18 (.71)
CG+J 34.76 (.62) 36.31 (.53) 35.25 (.73) ac 34.97 (.73) ac 34.85 (.64) c 36.22 (.73)
NC 34.54 (.64) 36.31 (.47) 35.69 (.48) 35.40 (.67) 35.14 (.69) 36.37 (.75)
∆ Mean Tsk CG 1.64 (.74) .60 (.28 .91 (.39) 1.14 (.36) 1.20 (.58)
CJ 1.41 (.58) .80 (.37) ac 1.04 (.29) 1.28 (.42) 1.28 (.30)
CG+J 1.55 (.51) 1.06 (.43) abc 1.34 (.45) abc 1.46 (.42) ac 1.37 (.42)
NC 1.77 (.58) .62 (.35) .91 (.54) 1.17 (.57) 1.22 (.47)
°C/min CG .120 (.056) .091 (.039) .076 (.024)
CJ .160 (.073) ac .104 (.029) .085 (.028)
CG+J .212 (.085) abc .134 (.045) abc .097 (.028) ac
NC .124 (.069) .091 (.054) .078 (.038)
a Moderate to large effect size compared with CG (d=0.52-1.28).
* Main effect (time); significantly different compared with previous time point (p < 0.05).
b Moderate effect size compared with CJ (d=0.65-0.79).
c Moderate to large effect size compared with NC (d=0.50-1.14)