healthy adults
Conditions
Interventions
Wearing human assistive limb (HAL)
Sponsors
Department of cardiology, Faculty of medicine, University of Tsukuba
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: eligible subjects are needed to fulfill all requirements as follows; ?a person who is over 20 years old, ?a person who understands an informed consent of this study, and signs his/her name on a consent sheet. ?a person whose weight is within 40 to 90 kg, and height is within 150 to 190 cm.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are given as below: ?a person who correspond to contraindications of exercise testing, such as decompensated heart failure, unstable angina, symptomatic aortic valve stenosis, symptomatic hypertropic obstructive cardiomyopathy, exercise-induced arrhythmia, acute myocarditis, or systemic inflammatory disease. ?a person who are not able to attend this study due to orthopedic, central/peripheral nervous-system, or social problem. ?a person whose informed consent is obtained because of disturbance of his/her consciousness, or cognition disorder. ?a person who is considered not to complete the exercise test.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Cardiopulmonary indices (O2 uptake, CO2 output, minute ventilation) at an identical exercise load (speed). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The changes of heart rate and blood pressure. The ratings of subjective exercise intensity. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactAkira Koike
Faculty of medicine, University of Tsukuba Department of cardiology
Outcome results
None listed