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Work Design Interventions for Heat Resilience

NCT06599788 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2025-06-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this project is to compare different ways to schedule a workday to see if older workers should follow a specific work protocol to reduce strain on the heart and muscles.

Participants will come to the lab a total of six times. During four of the visits participants will complete a box carrying task, simulating unloading a delivery truck. This will take place in a hot and humid room to simulate being outdoors during the summer.

Conditions

  • Hyperthermia
  • Fatigue; Heat
  • Work-Related Condition

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Standard work pace

Participants will work at a standard pace of one box per minute during the box carrying protocol

BEHAVIORAL

Reduced-pace work

Participants will work at a slower pace than the standard work pace of the box carrying protocol

BEHAVIORAL

Increased-pace work

Participants will work at a faster pace than the standard work pace of the box carrying protocol

BEHAVIORAL

Additional rest breaks

Participants will work at the standard work pace during the box carrying protocol and have superimposed 5 minutes of rest every 30 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • State University of New York at Buffalo

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-09-30
Primary Completion
2028-09-30
Completion
2028-09-30

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