highly significantp = 0.005
In both groups, HILT treatment caused average skin surface temperature to increase by 2.5 °C (Z = 2.803, p = 0.005, Table 1 , Figure 2 ) and a palpation score reduction of 1.5, which gave a highly significant difference (Z = 2.803, p = 0.005, Table 1 , Figure 3 ).