Impact of ICE on Exercise Performance in the Heat

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Hyperthermia

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of intermittent forearm cooling on exercise performance in the heat.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04596618

Run by

University of Connecticut

People needed

12

Starts

2020-10-20

Expected to finish

2020-12-09

Last updated by the study team

2020-12-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 30. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Cisgender male between the ages of 18-30 years
• been cleared by the medical monitor for the study
• VO2max >45ml/kg/min

You may not qualify if…

• 1. have a current musculoskeletal injury that would limit their physical activity or preclude the participant from walking, jogging, running, sprinting, or cutting.
• Chronic health problems that affect your ability to thermoregulate (disorders affecting the liver, kidneys or the ability to sweat normally) 3. Fever or current illness at the time of testing 4. History of cardiovascular, metabolic, or respiratory disease 5. Current musculoskeletal injury that limits their physical activity 6. Currently taking a medication that is known to influence body temperature (amphetamines, antihypertensives, anticholinergics, acetaminophen, NSAIDs, aspirin) 7. Are a female 8. Have a history of heat related illness 9. Have any cold allergies or adverse reactions to the cold (i.e. cold urticaria, Raynaud's, cryoglobulinemia)

Where it is running

• Gampel Pavilion — Storrs, Connecticut, United States

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