The Effects of Vibration on Hypoxia

Institute of Aviation Medicine, Oslo, Norway

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypoxia

Treatments: Other: Vibration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01245491

REK-2010/2021b

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is:

1. To study the effect of whole-body vibration on partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2), under hypobaric hypoxic conditions.
2. To study the effects of whole-body vibration and hypobaric hypoxia on visual contrast sensitivity.
3. To se if there is an increase in cytokines and other biomarkers under different hypobaric hypoxic conditions Our main hypothesis is that whole-body vibration may cause PaO2 to drop to a lower level, at a given altitude; than would be the case if there were no vibration present.

Enrollment: 13 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

• Stay at altitude over 2000 m last two weeks prior to study-start.
• Severe head injury
• Cardiovascular disease
• lung disease
• Decompression sickness