Table 1 Age, body mass, height, body mass index (BMI), thigh skinfold, baseline knee extensors peak torque and countermovement jump (CMJ) height from subjects of each experimental group.

From: Multiple Cold-Water Immersions Attenuate Muscle Damage but not Alter Systemic Inflammation and Muscle Function Recovery: A Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial

Physical characteristic

Control group (n = 15)

CWI group (n = 14)

p value

Age (years)

19.9 ± 1.4

20.5 ± 1.4

0.284

Body mass (kg)

71.3 ± 9.4

71.3 ± 9.1

0.997

Height (cm)

175.7 ± 7.2

176.3 ± 5.0

0.791

BMI (kg/m²)

23.0 ± 2.0

22.4 ± 2.8

0.496

Thigh skinfold (mm)

14.3 ± 5.8

13.6 ± 4.3

0.748

Peak torque (N·m)

333.5 ± 52.0

327.9 ± 47.1

0.770

CMJ height (cm)

46.6 ± 5.1

49.6 ± 8.1

0.297

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD. The differences between groups were analyzed using Student’s test. No difference was observed in the physical characteristics between groups (p > 0.05). CWI: cold-water immersion.
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