Table 2 Descriptive values of the temperature recorded during the various applications in the supraspinatus tendon

HPC

Antero-Lateral

21.44 ± 2.82

22.72 ± 2.46

23.39 ± 2.34

23.99 ± 2.58

24.42 ± 2.49

24.99 ± 2.96

24.71 ± 2.07

F=0.180

p< 0.981

Postero-Superior

23.52 ± 1.32

24.78 ± 1.74

25.52 ± 2.06

26.28 ± 2.44

26.91 ± 2.55

27.40 ± 2.79

27.29 ± 2.31

Difference

2.08 ± 2.85

2.06 ± 3.05

2.13 ± 3.46

2.29 ± 4.33

2.49 ± 4.42

2.41 ± 5.05

2.58 ± 3.49

LPC

Antero-Lateral

22.24 ± 2.73

22.93 ± 2.55

23.07 ± 2.72

23.30 ± 2.33

23.57 ± 2.08

23.68 ± 1.97

23.86 ± 2.36

F=0.769

p< 0.597

Postero-Superior

24.05 ± 2.03

25.11 ± 2.05

25.54 ± 2.16

25.81 ± 2.39

25.99 ± 2.49

26.24 ± 2.54

25.99 ± 1.55

Difference

1.81 ± 1.92

2.18 ± 2.01

2.47 ± 2.48

2.51 ± 2.41

2.42 ± 2.47

2.56 ± 2.66

2.13 ± 1.97

HPR

Antero-Lateral

21.14 ± 2.75

26.30 ± 1.93

27.02 ± 1.75

28.96 ± 2.15

30.12 ± 2.03

31.63 ± 3.10

28.01 ± 1.87

F=1.075

p< 0.389

Postero-Superior

23.13 ± 2.55

28.27 ± 5.32

28.13 ± 4.50

28.87 ± 5.06

30.48 ± 6.37

30.64 ± 5.94

28.35 ± 4.04

Difference

1.99 ± 1.88

1.97 ± 4.19

1.11 ± 4.54

−0.09 ± 4.78

0.36 ± 6.69

−0.99 ± 7.33

0.34 ± 3.80

LPR

Antero-Lateral

21.34 ± 3.66

22.69 ± 3.14

23.15 ± 3.07

23.68 ± 2.90

24.05 ± 3.03

24.41 ± 3.09

24.23 ± 2.99

F=1.636

p< 0.155

Postero-Superior

24.14 ± 1.94

25.65 ± 1.85

25.77 ± 1.84

26.04 ± 1.60

26.50 ± 2.19

26.60 ± 2.04

25.82 ± 1.69

Difference

2.80 ± 2.75

2.96 ± 2.97

2.62 ± 3.23

2.36 ± 3.41

2.45 ± 3.18

2.19 ± 3.53

1.59 ± 2.48