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Table 2 Temperature variations values obtained from the different body ROIs (regions of interest) at the three measurement times in the three tests (20°, 30° and 40° knee flexion angle test)

From: Effect of saddle height on skin temperature measured in different days of cycling

ROI

ΔT

ΔT10

ΔTafter

Average ± SD

Reproducibility

Average ± SD

Reproducibility

Average ± SD

Reproducibility

20°

30°

40°

Typical error

ICC

20°

30°

40°

Typical error

ICC

20°

30°

40°

Typical error

ICC

Chest

0.8 ± 1.3

0.6 ± 1.2

0.5 ± 1.5

0.3

0.74

−0.2 ± 1.1

−0.3 ± 1.2

−0.1 ± 1.1

0.24

0.67

−1.0 ± 0.8

−0.8 ± 1.1

−0.6 ± 1.1

0.22

0.67

Abdomen

−0.3 ± 1.3

−0.7 ± 1.4

−0.8 ± 1.3

0.28

0.56

−0.6 ± 0.9

−0.8 ± 1.2

−0.5 ± 1.0

0.21

0.46

−0.4 ± 1.1

−0.1 ± 0.9

0.3 ± 1.0

0.22

0.63

Upper back

0.1 ± 1.3

−0.3 ± 1.4

−0.2 ± 1.5

0.32

0.73

−0.3 ± 1.2

−0.2 ± 1.1

−0.1 ± 1.0

0.24

0.61

−0.4 ± 0.7

0.1 ± 0.8

0.1 ± 0.8

0.17

0.6

Lower back

0.7 ± 1.5

0.3 ± 2.2

0.1 ± 2.6

0.48

0.7

−0.2 ± 1.6

−0.2 ± 1.6

−0.0 ± 1.5

0.35

0.69

−0.9 ± 0.8

−0.4 ± 0.9

−0.1 ± 1.7

0.24

0.43

Vastus lateralis

0.7 ± 1.2

1.0 ± 0.9

0.8 ± 0.9

0.22

0.62

1.0 ± 1.0

1.6 ± 0.8

0.6 ± 0.8

0.14

0.17

0.3 ± 0.7

1.2 ± 0.6

0.5 ± 0.7

0.16

0.52

Rectus femoris

0.6 ± 1.2

1.0 ± 0.9

0.7 ± 0.9

0.21

0.14

1.0 ± 1.0

1.5 ± 0.8

1.1 ± 0.7

0.14

0.11

0.4 ± 0.6

0.5 ± 0.8

0.4 ± 0.6

0.14

0.62

Abductor

−0.2 ± 1.1

0.4 ± 1.0

0.0 ± 0.8

0.18

0.33

0.3 ± 1.0

0.9 ± 0.9

0.5 ± 0.7

0.15

0.14

0.5 ± 0.7

0.5 ± 0.7

0.5 ± 0.6

0.13

0.54

Vastus medialis

0.8 ± 1.2

1.1 ± 0.8

0.9 ± 0.8

0.2

0.6

1.1 ± 1.1

1.5 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.5

0.14

0.22

0.3 ± 0.7

0.4 ± 0.8

0.3 ± 0.7

0.16

0.68

Biceps femoris

−0.5 ± 1.3

−0.4 ± 0.9

−0.8 ± 0.9

0.19

0.26

0.2 ± 1.0

0.4 ± 0.7

0.1 ± 0.7

0.15

0.32

0.7 ± 0.7

0.8 ± 0.7

0.9 ± 0.6

0.14

0.56

Semitendinosus

−0.5 ± 1.2

−0.5 ± 1.0

−0.7 ± 0.9

0.21

0.47

0.3 ± 0.8

0.4 ± 0.8

0.2 ± 0.7

0.15

0.44

0.8 ± 0.7

0.9 ± 0.7

0.9 ± 0.5

0.14

0.66

Knee

1.3 ± 2.0

1.4 ± 2.1

1.0 ± 2.3

0.48

0.73

1.3 ± 1.7

1.8 ± 1.8

1.4 ± 1.4

0.34

0.52

−0.1 ± 0.8

0.4 ± 0.8

0.4 ± 1.0

0.19

0.6

Popliteus

−0.6 ± 0.9

−0.4 ± 0.7

−0.8 ± 0.6

0.14

0.32

−0.0 ± 0.6

0.3 ± 0.7

0.0 ± 0.4

0.09

0.11

0.6 ± 0.5

0.8 ± 0.6

0.8 ± 0.4

0.09

0.27

Tibialis anterior

−1.0 ± 1.3

−0.6 ± 1.1

−1.2 ± 1.0

0.24

0.53

−0.2 ± 0.8*

0.3 ± 0.9*

−0.3 ± 0.6

0.16

0.45

0.7 ± 0.8

0.9 ± 0.6

0.9 ± 0.7

0.14

0.54

Gastrocnemius

−0.8 ± 0.9

−0.6 ± 0.8

−1.0 ± 1.0

0.18

0.45

0.1 ± 0.6

0.3 ± 0.6

−0.1 ± 0.6

0.11

0.21

0.9 ± 0.6

0.9 ± 0.5

1.0 ± 0.5

0.1

0.36

Ankle anterior

0.5 ± 1.4

0.5 ± 1.6

0.0 ± 1.6

0.33

0.58

0.6 ± 1.1

1.0 ± 1.3

0.3 ± 1.0

0.23

0.51

0.1 ± 0.8

0.5 ± 0.9

0.3 ± 0.7

0.16

0.38

Achilles

0.6 ± 1.6

0.7 ± 2.1

0.1 ± 1.8

0.39

0.57

0.3 ± 1.4

0.5 ± 1.9

−0.1 ± 1.4

0.33

0.53

−0.3 ± 0.6

−0.2 ± 0.8

−0.2 ± 0.7

0.14

0.45

  1. Typical error and Intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC) was calculated to determine the intraday reproducibility
  2. Statistical significant difference was observed in tibialis anterior between the knee at 20° and 30° (p < 0.05) and it is indicated with italics letters and *