Mountain Hiking & Environmental Influences

Universitaet Innsbruck

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Participants

Treatments: Behavioral: Mountain hiking

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03229434

ARMH_2

Details and patient eligibility

About

In a randomized crossover design, approximately 50 healthy participants will be randomly exposed to outdoor mountain hiking (approximately 6 hours each) in two different areas: an anthropogenically influenced area and in a widely pristine area.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• voluntary participation

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy
• breastfeeding
• chronic or acute diseases (already existing or diagnosed during the study)
• unable to be physically active assessed by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Widely pristine area

Experimental group

Description:

Outdoor mountain hiking (approximately 6 hours, 8km, 800 altitude meters, estimated speed: 4km/h \[uphill\], 5.2km/h \[downhill\]) in a widely pristine area with moderate intensity (Rating of perceived exertion: \~ 11-15).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mountain hiking

Anthropogenically influenced area

Active Comparator group

Description:

Outdoor mountain hiking (approximately 6 hours, 8km, 800 altitude meters, estimated speed: 4km/h \[uphill\], 5.2km/h \[downhill\]) in an anthropogenically influenced area with moderate intensity (Rating of perceived exertion: \~ 11-15). All characteristics of the hiking (duration, time, difference in altitude, ...) are planned to be comparable to the experimental condition except the area.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mountain hiking