From: Effect of different thermal stimuli on improving microcirculation in the contralateral foot
 | Warm bath | Infrared radiation | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
p value | 95% confidence interval of the difference | Effect size | p value | 95% confidence interval of the difference | Effect size | |
Recovery stage | ||||||
 Temperature | ||||||
  Instant(0–10 s) | 0.002 | − 3.27 ~ − 0.69 | 0.87 | 0.004 | − 1.99 ~ − 0.19 | 0.69 |
  1 min | 0.002 | − 3.29 ~ − 0.58 | 0.81 | 0.010 | − 1.9 ~ − 0.14 | 0.66 |
  2 min | 0.002 | − 3.26 ~ − 0.53 | 0.78 | 0.004 | − 1.92 ~ − 0.19 | 0.69 |
  3 min | 0.002 | − 3.2 ~ − 0.45 | 0.75 | 0.004 | − 1.98 ~ − 0.13 | 0.65 |
  4 min | 0.002 | − 3.2 ~ − 0.5 | 0.78 | 0.005 | − 1.9 ~ − 0.09 | 0.62 |
  5 min | 0.002 | − 3.13 ~ − 0.46 | 0.76 | 0.004 | − 1.86 ~ − 0.03 | 0.58 |
  6 min | 0.002 | − 3.07 ~ − 0.42 | 0.74 | 0.004 | − 1.93 ~ − 0.11 | 0.64 |
  7 min | 0.002 | − 3.08 ~ − 0.39 | 0.73 | 0.005 | − 1.99 ~ − 0.07 | 0.61 |
  8 min | 0.003 | − 3.11 ~ − 0.45 | 0.76 | 0.008 | − 2 ~ − 0.03 | 0.58 |
  9 min | 0.003 | − 3.09 ~ − 0.39 | 0.73 | 0.013 | − 1.95 ~ − 0.03 | 0.58 |
  10 min | 0.003 | − 3.19 ~ − 0.51 | 0.78 | 0.015 | − 2.06 ~ 0.02 | 0.55 |
 Skin blood flow | ||||||
  Instant(0–10 s) | 0.003 | − 56.75 ~ − 13.93 | 0.93 | 0.010 | − 37.03 ~ − 6.77 | 0.82 |
  1 min | 0.008 | − 52.21 ~ − 6.88 | 0.74 | 0.023 | − 36.46 ~ − 5.22 | 0.75 |
  2 min | 0.008 | − 47.66 ~ − 3.25 | 0.65 | 0.050 | − 31.22 ~ − 2.41 | 0.66 |
  3 min | 0.002 | − 49.12 ~ − 5.04 | 0.70 | 0.060 | − 31.56 ~ 1.7 | 0.51 |
  4 min | 0.028 | − 42.62 ~ − 0.12 | 0.57 | 0.006 | − 38.8 ~ − 5.38 | 0.82 |
  5 min | 0.005 | − 39.27 ~ − 4.68 | 0.72 | 0.060 | − 31.9 ~ 0.68 | 0.54 |
  6 min | 0.099 | − 36.06 ~ 2.98 | 0.48 | 0.084 | − 30.79 ~ 0.35 | 0.55 |
  7 min | 0.182 | − 31.92 ~ 2.17 | 0.49 | 0.117 | − 29.43 ~ 4.26 | 0.42 |
  8 min | 0.272 | − 30.75 ~ 2.68 | 0.48 | 0.433 | − 28.76 ~ 6.84 | 0.35 |
  9 min | 0.433 | − 28.8 ~ 4.48 | 0.41 | 0.754 | − 29.85 ~ 8.11 | 0.32 |
  10 min | 0.480 | − 24.73 ~ 6.91 | 0.32 | 0.937 | − 31.04 ~ 9.03 | 0.31 |