Short- and Long-term Health Consequences of Workers During Consecutive Days of Heat Stress

University at Buffalo (UB)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heat Stress; Fatigue

Treatments: Other: Hot Dry

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05302674

STUDY00005847

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to measure fatigue and indicators of acute kidney injury during consecutive days of work in a hot environment.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 39 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy individuals
• Regularly completes aerobic exercise at least 60 min per week

Exclusion criteria

• History of cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, neural, or renal disease
• Hypertensive or tachycardic during the screening visit (Systolic Blood Pressure > 139 mmHg, Diastolic Blood Pressure > 89 mmHg, heart rate > 100 bpm)
• Current tobacco or nicotine use or previous regular use within the past 2 years
• Current or previous musculoskeletal injury limiting physical activity
• Taking medications with known thermoregulatory or cardiovascular effects (e.g., aspirin, beta blockers, diuretics, psychotropics, etc.)
• A positive pregnancy test at any point during the study or currently breastfeeding
• Study physician discretion based on any other medical condition or medication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 1 patient group

Hot Dry

Experimental group

Description:

The participant will complete four hours of work at a 45:15 work rest cycle in a 98°F (36.7°C) and 20% relative humidity environment.

Treatment:

Other: Hot Dry