Anthropometric Characteristics and Sex Influence Magnitude of Skin Cooling following Exposure to Whole Body Cryotherapy

Table 2

Mean temperature of body regions (°C) before and after exposure to WBC.

	Males			Females			Combined
	Before WBC (°C)	After WBC (°C)	ΔT (°C)	Before WBC (°C)	After WBC (°C)	ΔT (°C)	Before WBC (°C)	After WBC (°C)	ΔT (°C)
𝑇Chest	33.58 ± 0.76	25.45 ± 1.97	8.13 ± 1.57	34.15 ± 0.73	25.25 ± 2.98	8.90 ± 2.48	33.83 ± 0.79	25.3 ± 2.42	8.47 ± 2.02
𝑇Arm	31.17 ± 1.14	21.20 ± 2.00	9.98 ± 1.81	31.52 ± 1.07	20.40 ± 2.40	11.13 ± 1.84	31.33 ± 1.10	20.85 ± 2.22	10.48 ± 1.88
𝑇Thigh	31.47 ± 1.14	20.50 ± 2.56	10.97 ± 2.36	31.23 ± 0.86	17.38 ± 1.76	13.85 ± 1.21	31.36 ± 1.02	19.14 ± 2.72	12.23 ± 2.41
𝑇Calf	32.20 ± 0.57	19.54 ± 3.28	12.66 ± 3.06	31.50 ± 0.76	15.05 ± 2.04	16.46 ± 1.96	31.9 ± 0.74	17.57 ± 3.57	14.33 ± 3.2
𝑇sk	32.16 ± 0.77	22.0 ± 2.10	10.12 ± 1.86	32.25 ± 0.73	20.18 ± 2.11	12.07 ± 1.55	32.2 ± 0.74	21.20 ± 2.26	11.0 ± 1.96