Control of heat storage in a cool and warm environment in young and elderly males.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON24182

Enrollment

Registered

2009-09-11

Start date

2009-01-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Age, thermoregulation, skin blood flow, temperature, hysteresis

Interventions

Subjects subjected to a mild cold (airtemperature 20C) and mild heat exposure (airtemperature 35C).

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Caucasian healthy male; 2. Age between 18 to 28 years or age between 68 to 78 years; 3. 20 kg/m2 < BMI < 25 kg/m2; 4. 15% < Fat percentage < 20%; 5. 1.8 m2 < Dubois skin area < 2.0 m2; 6. 80mmHg < Mean arterial pressure < 90mmHg (rest, supine position).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Female; 2. History of cardiovascular disease; 3. Carrier of electrically-sensitive implanted devices; 4. Deviant core temperature at day of experiment; 5. General feeling of illness at day of experiment.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Heat loss (W); 2. Heat content (J/m^3).	—

Contacts

Public ContactBoris Kingma

Universiteitssingel 50

b.kingma@hb.unimaas.nl+31 43 388 4260,

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)