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Work Design Interventions for Older Workers During Consecutive Days in the Heat

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University at Buffalo (UB)

Status

Begins enrollment in a year or more

Conditions

Work-Related Condition
Hyperthermia
Fatigue; Heat

Treatments

Behavioral: Standard work pace
Behavioral: Additional rest breaks

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT07046026
STUDY00112234

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this project is to compare different ways to schedule a workday to see if older workers should follow a specific work protocol to reduce strain on the heart and muscles across two consecutive days of work.

Participants will come to the lab a total of six times. During four of the visits participants will complete a box carrying task, simulating unloading a delivery truck. This will take place in a hot and humid room to simulate being outdoors during the summer.

Enrollment

32 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy individuals
  • 18-29 years old and 40-65 years old
  • Completes at least 120 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each week for at least the past 4 weeks
  • Resistance trained or have recently held a job involving box carrying or a similar task

Exclusion criteria

  • History of cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, neural, or renal disease
  • Hypertensive (systolic blood pressure > 139 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure > 89 mmHg) or tachycardic (resting heart rate > 100 bpm) during the screening visit
  • Current nicotine use or previous use within the past 6 months
  • Current of previous musculoskeletal injury limiting physical activity
  • A positive pregnancy test at any point during the study
  • Currently breastfeeding
  • Study physician discretion based on any other medical condition or medication

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

32 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard work pace first
Active Comparator group
Description:
The order of the interventions is standard work pace first, followed by the rest trial second.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Additional rest breaks
Behavioral: Standard work pace
Additional rest breaks first
Experimental group
Description:
The order of the interventions is the additional rest breaks first and the standard work pace second.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Additional rest breaks
Behavioral: Standard work pace

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Riana Pryor

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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