Predicting Responses to Exhausting, Prolonged, And Repeated Exercise Demands (PREPARED) for Heat
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-39
SponsorState University of New York at Buffalo
About this trial
The overall goal of this project is to identify a work/rest cycle that allows for faster mission completion needed in emergency situations, compared to current Army heat guidance, while mitigating heat strain and neuromuscular fatigue. This project will determine the trade-off between faster mission completion and risk of heat strain and physical performance decrements. Completion of this project will allow military leaders to make informed decisions by understanding the impact of their choices on the magnitude of physical performance decrements and expected heat casualties, setting up hot weather missions for success.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Healthy individuals
Physically active
Disqualifiers
History of cardiovascular, metabolic (such as clinical thyroid disease), respiratory, neural, or renal disease
Hypertensive (systolic blood pressure > 139 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure > 89 mmHg) or tachycardic (heart rate > 100 bpm) during the screening visit
Taking medications or supplements known to effect physiologic responses to exercise or thermoregulation (e.g., beta blockers, omega-3 fatty acids, statins, aspirin)
Tobacco or nicotine use currently or in the past six months
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- 30/30 work/rest cycle
- 30/20 work/rest cycle
- 40/30 work/rest cycle
- 20/12 work/rest cycle
Treatment groups
24 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
State University of New York at Buffalo
Lead sponsor
United States Department of Defense
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov