## 3 Results
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline  & & **Baseline** & **\(p\) \({}^{\ast}\)** & **FCM** & **\(p\) \({}^{\ast}\)** & **PAP** & **\(p\) \({}^{\ast}\)** & **\(p\) \({}^{\ast\ast}\)** \\ \hline Quadriceps femoris & Pre & 0.27 \(\pm\) 0.25 & 0.175 & 0.28 \(\pm\) 0.25 & 0.03 \(\pm\) 0.24 & 0.493 \\  & Post & 0.36 \(\pm\) 0.35 & 0.175 & 0.41 \(\pm\) 0.40 & 0.095 & 0.36 \(\pm\) 0.35 & 0.792 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Pectoralis major} & Pre & 0.37 \(\pm\) 0.22 & 0.40 \(\pm\) 0.19 & 0.064 \(\pm\) 0.48 & 0.38 \(\pm\) 0.25 & 0.235 & 0.927 \\  & Post & 0.51 \(\pm\) 0.51 & 0.172 & 0.64 \(\pm\) 0.48 & 0.64 & 0.57 \(\pm\) 0.65 & 0.235 & 0.166 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Biceps brachii} & Pre & 0.43 \(\pm\) 0.33 & 0.194 & 0.51 \(\pm\) 0.27 & 0.864 & 0.51 \(\pm\) 0.47 & 0.758 & 0.742 \\  & Post & 0.61 \(\pm\) 0.49 & 0.194 & 0.48 \(\pm\) 0.45 & 0.864 & 0.54 \(\pm\) 0.38 & 0.758 & 0.669 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Abdominals} & Pre & 0.33 \(\pm\) 0.33 & 0.30 & 0.26 & 0.30 \(\pm\) 0.26 & 0.27 \(\pm\) 0.29 & 0.034 & 0.807 \\  & Post & 0.54 \(\pm\) 0.40 & 0.67 & 0.69 \(\pm\) 0.40 & 0.006 & 0.59 \(\pm\) 0.53 & 0.034 & 0.401 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Shoulder} & Pre & 0.49 \(\pm\) 0.47 & 0.49 \(\pm\) 0.47 & 0.36 \(\pm\) 0.40 & 0.119 & 0.33 \(\pm\) 0.30 & 0.389 \\  & Post & 0.72 \(\pm\) 0.52 & 0.187 & 0.54 \(\pm\) 0.38 & 0.119 & 0.59 \(\pm\) 0.63 & 0.107 & 0.585 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Triceps brachii} & Pre & 0.51 \(\pm\) 0.40 & 0.548 & 0.39 \(\pm\) 0.27 & 0.27 \(\pm\) 0.29 & 0.50 \(\pm\) 0.29 & 0.370 \\  & Post & 0.58 \(\pm\) 0.37 & 0.58 \(\pm\) 0.41 & 0.56 \(\pm\) 0.41 & 0.162 & 0.51 \(\pm\) 0.51 & 0.925 & 0.370 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Lower back} & Pre & 0.27 \(\pm\) 0.33 & 0.106 & 0.26 \(\pm\) 0.22 & 0.20 \(\pm\) 0.16 & 0.200 \(\pm\) 0.16 & 0.009 & 0.570 \\  & Post & 0.38 \(\pm\) 0.35 & 0.38 \(\pm\) 0.35 & 0.50 \(\pm\) 0.46 & 0.020 & 0.41 \(\pm\) 0.30 & 0.009 & 0.570 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Calf} & Pre & 0.28 \(\pm\) 0.29 & 0.284 & 0.33 \(\pm\) 0.31 & 0.236 & 0.27 \(\pm\) 0.28 & 0.934 & 0.674 \\  & Post & 0.37 \(\pm\) 0.22 & 0.41 \(\pm\) 0.33 & 0.236 & 0.27 \(\pm\) 0.29 & 0.934 & 0.009 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Hamstrings} & Pre & 0.37 \(\pm\) 0.27 & 0.44 \(\pm\) 0.29 & 0.43 \(\pm\) 0.34 & 0.25 \(\pm\) 0.20 & 0.038 & 0.054 \\  & Post & 0.39 \(\pm\) 0.28 & 0.33 \(\pm\) 0.34 & 0.310 & 0.40 \(\pm\) 0.24 & 0.038 & 0.642 \\ \hline \end{tabular} Data are presented as the mean \(\pm\) SD, \({}^{\rm a}\): Baseline protocol, \({}^{\rm b}\): FCM protocol, \({}^{\rm c}\): PAP protocol. \(p\) \({}^{\ast}\): Intra-group comparison, \(p\) \({}^{\ast\ast}\): Inter-group comparison, \(p\) < 0.05.  
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Table 3: Thermal asymmetries of the basketball players pre- and post-3 \(\times\) 3 basketball game following the baseline, FCM, and PAP protocols. Although there were quantitative differences in the ACC count, ACC distance, DEC count, and DEC distance between the protocols, these differences were not significant (\(p>0.05\)). Among the 3 \(\times\) 3 basketball games played following the different protocols, the highest maximum velocity was after the baseline protocol (average 15.8 \(\pm\) 1.4 km/h), followed by the PAP (average 15.3 \(\pm\) 1.3 km/h), and after the FCM (average 15.2 \(\pm\) 1.9 km/h), respectively. After the baseline protocol, players reached the highest distance in band 1 (after the baseline protocol, FCM, and PAP; average 70.5 \(\pm\) 10.3 m, 61.1 \(\pm\) 9.7 m, 58.5 \(\pm\) 10.8 m, respectively), which was the lowest velocity band (distance covered at 0\(\sim\)20% of the maximum velocity), and after the FCM, players recorded the highest distance in band 6 (average 62.5 \(\pm\) 44.0 m), which was the highest velocity band (distance covered at = 100% of the maximum velocity) (Figure 3).