Table 1 Analysis based on the Bland–Altman plot for rectal temperature and ear canal temperature in Experiments 1, 2, and 3
Experiment | Period | Correlation coefficients (P value) | LoA | ICC (P value) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Experiment 1, fanning trial | Rest | − 0.36 (P = 0.003) | 0.0 ± 0.4 ℃ | 0.75 (P < 0.001) |
Fanning | − 0.66 (P < 0.001) | 0.2 ± 0.6 ℃ | 0.58 (P < 0.001) | |
Recovery | − 0.57 (P < 0.001) | 0.1 ± 0.5 ℃ | 0.68 (P < 0.001) | |
Experiment 1, water immersion trial | Rest | − 0.50 (P < 0.001) | 0.1 ± 0.4 ℃ | 0.64 (P < 0.001) |
Water immersion | − 0.44 (P < 0.001) | 0.1 ± 0.5 ℃ | 0.63 (P < 0.001) | |
Recovery | − 0.26 (P = 0.03) | 0.3 ± 0.6 ℃ | 0.44 (P = 0.01) | |
Experiment 2 | Rest with intermittent fanning | 0.24 (P = 0.006) | − 0.1 ± 0.3 ℃ | 0.54 (P < 0.001) |
Exercise with intermittent fanning | 0.39 (P < 0.001) | 0.1 ± 0.5 ℃ | 0.58 (P < 0.001) | |
Experiment 3 | Exercise | − 0.60 (P < 0.001) | − 0.2 ± 0.4 ℃ | 0.83 (P = 0.007) |