Cold Water Immersion Stirring in Hyperthermic Individuals

University at Buffalo (UB)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hyperthermia

Treatments: Other: Water Stirring; Other: No Water Stirring

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04613843

STUDY00003720

Details and patient eligibility

About

The best way to cool a very hot person is using cold water immersion, however, the optimization of this technique has not been established. The goal of this study is to determine differences in cooling rates among two types of cold water immersion and passive cooling following immersion.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 39 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-39 y old men and women
• Self-reported to be healthy
• Currently completes aerobic exercise at least 30 minutes a day, at least 2 days per week

Exclusion criteria

• History of any cardiovascular, neurologic, renal, or metabolic disease
• History of any contraindications on the CoreTemp contraindications and warnings document
• Current tobacco use or regular use within the last 2 years
• Taking medications with known thermoregulatory or cardiovascular effects (e.g., aspirin, beta blockers, diuretics, psychotropics, etc.)
• History of exertional heat stroke
• Currently pregnant or breastfeeding
• Inability to follow the rules of the protocols or understand the consent form

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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16 participants in 2 patient groups

Water stirring

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Water Stirring

No water stirring

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: No Water Stirring