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Table 2 Temperatures (°C) of the horse’s back obtained before and after a training session with the use of method II [14] for two groups of riders: low body weight (LBW) and high body weight (HBW)

From: A novel approach to thermographic images analysis of equine thoracolumbar region: the effect of effort and rider’s body weight on structural image complexity

 

Tdiff at position 0

Tdiff at position 20

Tdiff at position 40

LBW

HBW

LBW

HBW

LBW

HBW

Before

−3.0 ± 0.12a

− 3.2 ± 0.09a

−1.2 ± 0.10a

− 1.4 ± 0.22a

− 1.0 ± 0.09a

− 1.0 ± 0.11a

After

− 1.2 ± 0.33b

− 1.0 ± 0.50b

− 0.95 ± 0.14b

− 1.01 ± 0.09b

− 0.6 ± 0.15b

− 0.8 ± 0.07b

p

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0003

0.0025

0.0121

0.0381

 

Tdiff at position 60

Tdiff at position 80

Tdiff at position 100

LBW

HBW

LBW

HBW

LBW

HBW

Before

−1.0 ± 0.11a

− 1.1 ± 0.11a

− 1.2 ± 0.19a

− 1.1 ± 0.11a

−3.2 ± 0.21a

− 3.2 ± 0.15a

After

−0.6 ± 0.11b

−0.8 ± 0.09b

−0.90 ± 0.07b

− 0.90 ± 0.05b

− 1.3 ± 0.29b

−0.90 ± 0.62b

p

0.0021

0.0441

0.0187

0.0433

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

  1. Tdiff at positions 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 - the differences between temperature at midline (0) and at subsequent positions: 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100. a, b - subsequent letters in superscript indicated differences before/after a training session and LBW/HBW. Additionally, differences before/after a training session indicated with the p-value. The significance level was established as p < 0.05