Table 1.
Mean values followed by their respective standard deviations of age, mass, height, BMI, fat percentage and VO2max.
Fig 1.
Activities of salivary α-amylase pre-test and at one (Post-test1) and five minutes (Post-test5) after physical exhaustion at temperatures of 22 and 40°C.
† p < 0.05 different from Pre-test/22; ‡ p < 0.05 different from Pre-test/40; * p < 0.05 different from Post-test1/22; ** p < 0.05 different from Post-test1/40; *** p < 0.05 different from Post-test5/22.
Fig 2.
Salivary concentrations of cortisol pre-test and at one (Post-test1) and five minutes (Post-test5) after physical exhaustion at temperatures of 22 and 40°C.
† p < 0.05 different from Pre-test/22; ‡ p < 0.05 different from Pre-test/40; * p < 0.05 different from Post-test1/22; ** p < 0.05 different from Post-test1/40; *** p < 0.05 different from Post-test5/22.
Fig 3.
Salivary concentrations of nitric oxide pre-test and at one (Post-test1) and five minutes (Post-test5) after exhaustion at 22 and 40° C.
† p < 0.05 different from Pre-test/22; ‡ p < 0.05 vs. Pre-test/40; * p < 0.05 different from Post-test1/22; ** p < 0.05 different from Post-test 1/40; *** p < 0.05 different from Post-test 5/22.
Fig 4.
Concentrations of total salivary proteins pre-test and at one (Post-test1) and five minutes (Post-test5) after exhaustion at 22 and 40° C.
† p < 0.05 different from Pre-test1/22; ‡ p < 0.05 different from Pre-test1/40; * p < 0.05 different from Post-test1/22; ** p < 0.05 different from Post-test1/40;*** p < 0.05 different from Post-test5/22.
Fig 5.
Blood lactate concentrations pre-test and at one (Post-test1) and five minutes (Post-test5) after exhaustion at 22 and 40° C.
† p < 0.05 different from Pre-test/22; ‡ p < 0.05 different from Pre-test/40; * p < 0.05 different from Post-test1/22; ** p < 0.05 different from Post-test1/40; *** p < 0.05 different from Post-test5/22.
Table 2.
Mean values followed by their respective standard deviations of heart rate (bpm) pre-test and post-test in 22°C and 40°C protocols.
Table 3.
Cohen’s d regarding blood variables.