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Evaluating the Physiological Strain Induced by a BC Protective Undergarment Under Exercise-heat Stress

NCT02463058 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2015-12-24

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Summary

Israel ministry of defense is examining a new protective undergarment of GORE company (chempark fabric) for the police forces. The goal of this research is to perform a comparative experiment in order to evaluate the physiological strain induced by a BC protective undergarment under exercise-heat stress conditions.

Conditions

  • Physiological Stress

Interventions

OTHER

exercise under hot and humid conditions protocol

acclimatization day protocol: 2 hour effort performed in a climatic chamber, which include walk on a treadmill at 5 Km/h on a 2% incline under heat conditions (40 deg. centigrade \& 40% RH) Core (rectal) and skin temperature and heart rate will be monitored continuously experiment days (3 days): 2 hour effort (2 cycles of: 50 min walk and 10 min rest-sitting) performed in a climatic chamber, which include walk on a treadmill at 5 Km/h on a 2% incline under heat conditions (30 deg. centigrade \& 60% RH) Core (rectal) and skin temperature and heart rate will be monitored continuously.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sheba Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Ofir Frenkel, M.D · Sheba Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-08-31
Primary Completion
2015-11-30
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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