Effect of Feet and Calf Heating on Glucose Tolerance

San Diego State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postprandial Hyperglycemia; Heart Rate Variability

Treatments: Other: Heat to ankle; Other: Heat to calf

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04232098

FEETHEAT

Details and patient eligibility

About

Determine the effect of feet and calf heating on glucose tolerance relative to thermoneutral control. Heat will be administered using hot water (40 degrees celsius).

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Anyone within specified age range

Exclusion criteria

• Anyone outside specified age range

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 3 patient groups

Thermoneutral

No Intervention group

Description:

thermoneutral condition

Feet heated

Experimental group

Description:

Hot water up to ankles

Treatment:

Other: Heat to ankle

Calf heated

Experimental group

Description:

Hot water up to top of calves

Treatment:

Other: Heat to calf