Effect of a 16-day Hot and Cold Acclimation on Adaptive Responses and Health-related Indicators

Launched by LITHUANIAN SPORTS UNIVERSITY · Mar 28, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying how spending time in hot and cold baths over 16 days can help our bodies adapt to temperature changes. The researchers want to see if this kind of exposure can improve how our bodies regulate heat and cold, and if it might also have positive effects on our overall physical and mental health.

To participate, you need to be a healthy young adult aged 18 to 35, and you should not be a smoker or taking any medications that could influence the study's results. Participants should not have any serious health issues, like heart or neurological diseases, and they should not have been involved in any temperature training programs or intense exercise recently. If you join the study, you can expect to take part in regular sessions of hot and cold baths and help researchers learn more about how our bodies respond to temperature changes.

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • young, healthy, non-obese males and females;
• • nonsmoker;
• • no needle phobia;
• • not taking medication and/or dietary supplements that may affect experimental variables.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • neurological, cardiovascular, metabolic, and/or inflammatory diseases, or conditions that could be worsened by exposure to acute thermal stimuli and that could affect experimental variables;
• • involvement in temperature manipulation program for ≥ 3 months;
• • attendance at any excessive formal physical exercise or sports program.