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Comparison of Acute Sauna With Exercise and Sauna

NCT04556422 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2020-09-23

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Summary

Sauna bathing has been associated with a lower risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes, improved vascular endothelial and cardiac function, reduced oxidative stress and lower blood pressure. Earlier studies conducted by the investigators have showed positive alterations of arterial stiffness and hemodynamics through sauna bathing.

Some studies have sought to utilize sauna bathing as an intervention after exercise with promising and synergistic results, although the effects on populations with cardiovascular risk factors are less clear. Furthermore, studies investigating the use of both exercise and sauna bathing in combination has been somewhat limited. However, results from some studies speculate that adjunctive exercise and sauna interventions may be useful for aging and clinical patient population groups.

Given that heat therapy and sauna use is gaining more worldwide popularity, the investigators sought to compare the acute hemodynamic effects between sauna use alone and a short bout of exercise followed by sauna exposure. It was hypothesize that the combination of exercise and sauna will elicit greater changes than sauna alone. To achieve this, we standardized the protocol duration (30 minutes).

Conditions

  • Cardiovascular Risk Factor
  • Blood Pressure
  • Arterial Stiffness

Interventions

OTHER

Aerobic exercise

15 minutes of aerobic exercise using stationary bicycle

OTHER

Sauna bathing

Passive heat exposure

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research

    collaborator OTHER

  • Business Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Harvia Finland Oy

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Jyvaskyla

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jari A Laukkanen, PhD/MD · Central Finland Central Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-08-01
Primary Completion
2018-10-30
Completion
2018-12-01

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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