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Heat Therapy, Functional Capacity, and Vascular Health in Older Adults

NCT05706181 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2023-12-13

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Summary

To test the hypothesis that home-based leg heat therapy improves functional capacity, vascular function, and exercise hyperemia in older adults.

Conditions

  • Aging Well
  • Walking, Difficulty
  • Hyperemia

Interventions

OTHER

Home-based leg heat therapy

Participants will be required to perform 8 weeks of leg heat therapy using water-perfused pants 4 times per week, with each session lasting 60 min. Skin temperature will be heated to about 40 °C. The pants heating system (consisting of pants and a water circulator/heater) can finely and uniformly control these designated skin temperatures. Participants will be randomly assigned to a group and provided with the pant heating system as well as a log book in which they are required to track the dates of each session. Participants will also measure their blood pressure and heart rate prior to, during, and immediately after each heating session using a portable oscillometric device provided by our laboratory.

OTHER

Home-based sham therapy

Participants will be required to perform 8 weeks of leg heat therapy using water-perfused pants 4 times per week, with each session lasting 60 min. Skin temperature will be heated to about 40 °C. The pants heating system (consisting of pants and a water circulator/heater) can finely and uniformly control these designated skin temperatures. Participants will be randomly assigned to a group and provided with the pant heating system as well as a log book in which they are required to track the dates of each session. Participants will also measure their blood pressure and heart rate prior to, during, and immediately after each heating session using a portable oscillometric device provided by our laboratory.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-03
Primary Completion
2025-06-30
Completion
2026-07-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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