Table 2

Treadmill speed and slope, number of paired trials, mean trial times and effect ratio (exercise duration with cooling/exercise duration without cooling): individual subjects and grouped data
Subject
 Speeda (Km/h)
 Slopea (%)
 Number of paired trials
 Exercise duration (min)
 Cooling effect (ratio)









Control
 Cooling
1
 4.8
 5 – 6
 3
 17.2
 22.9
 1.34
2
 0.8
 0
 1
 20.0
 32.0
 1.60
3
 4.0
 5 – 6
 3
 20.7
 22.1
 1.07
4
 1.3
 0
 1
 25.0
 28.3
 1.13
5
 3.2 – 4.8
 6
 4
 36.4
 44.8
 1.23
6
 4.8
 7 – 8.5
 3
 37.4
 49.8
 1.33
7
 4.0
 6 – 7
 5
 38.4
 51.6
 1.34
8
 2.4
 0
 2
 39.8
 43.2
 1.09
9
 3.2
 0
 2
 39.9
 67.5
 1.69
10
 3.2
 5.5 – 6
 2
 42.3
 65.8
 1.55
Group data b
Mean ± Standard Deviation
 31.7 ± 9.8
 42.8 ± 16.4
 1.35 ± 0.22

a Slopes and speeds of the treadmill were adjusted between sets of paired trials.

b P < 0.01, paired t-test

Grahn et al. BMC Neurology 2008 8:14   doi:10.1186/1471-2377-8-14