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Cooling During Exercise in the Heat

NCT05890261 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2023-06-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effectiveness of upper-body surface cooling with whole-body surface cooling on exercise performance while wearing firefighter clothing in the heat. The main question it aims to answer is:

• which cooling protocol best prevents an increase in core temperature during exercise in the heat?

Participants will be asked to participate three times in a 60-minute exposure (to 40 degrees C, 40% relative humidity) in which they conduct three work/rest periods including 15 minutes of stepping exercise (20 steps/minute) and 5 minutes of rest. The following three conditions will include:

* Control: no cooling garments
* Upper-body cooling: cold water-perfused cooling vest
* Whole-body cooling: cold water-perfused cooling pants and cooling vest

Conditions

  • Body Surface Cooling Methods

Interventions

DEVICE

Cold water-perfused cooling garment

Two types of cooling garments will be used. One is a cooling vest and the other includes cooling pants.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Manitoba

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gordon Giesbrecht, PhD · University of Manitoba

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
49 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-05-15
Primary Completion
2023-12-31
Completion
2024-04-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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