Clothing
Conditions
Brief summary
The use of fighting clothing under extreme heat conditions during rest and exercise, compromises the body's ability to maintain temperature within the narrow physiological range needed for regular function, and might lead to heat injury. Beside working and fighting clothing, the fighters also wear vests used for protection and equipment carrying, which leads to substantial reduction in effective dissipation area from the central region of the body. This fact is most substantial during exercise which increases metabolic heat production rate and leads to heat accumulation and rise in body temperature. Therefore the development of new textile technologies to allow rapid cooling during intervals is of great importance. This study is designed to physiologically examine new textile solutions, by evaluating the physiological stress induced during exercise under mild heat conditions.
Interventions
DEVICENew Fighting Clothing
VO2max test Clothing examination- 2-hour walk in 6 kph/4% elevation under 30 degrees Celsius and 60% relative humidity
Sponsors
Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force
Sheba Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
20 Years to 28 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Men * Formerly fighters * Healthy * Without prior diseases including heart, vessel, respiratory and metabolic diseases or known use of medications * experience in using fighting clothing * VO2max \> 50 ml/kg/min
Exclusion criteria
* Incapacity to fulfill inclusion criteria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Body temperature | During intervention period (2 hours test) only | Using rectal thermometer |
| Heart rate | During intervention period (2 hours test) only | Using heart rate watch |
Countries
Israel
Contacts
Primary ContactSagi Shpizer, MD
Outcome results
None listed