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Cold Water and Decision-Making

NCT06908447 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2026-04-21

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Summary

The behavioral within-subject cross-over design study "CoVa" aims to investigate the effect of a short-term full-body cold-water immersion vs. warm-water immersion control on value-based choice, psychological well-being, and peripheral physiology.

Conditions

  • Behavior
  • Stress
  • Quality of Life
  • Psychological Wellbeing

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cold-water immersion

Single 10-minute acute full-body head-out single arm-out cold-water immersion at 10-16°C on the experimental day

BEHAVIORAL

Warm-water immersion (Control)

Single 10-minute acute full-body head-out single arm-out cold-water immersion at 30-36°C on the experimental day

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Institute of Human Nutrition

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Soyoung Q Park, Prof. Dr. · German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-28
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

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