CompletedNot Applicable

The Effect of Smoking on Thermoregulation

Israel16 participantsStarted 2012-06

Plain-language summary

To the best of our knowledge, a possible relation between smoking and heat injuries or heat intolerance was never scientifically examined, although such a relation is logical according to the observations that smoking has a thermogenic effect, decreases physical fitness and affects the body's heat dissipation.16 healthy young male volunteers will participate in the study, 8 smokers and 8 non-smokers. They will arrive to our lab four or six times. They will perform VO2 test and heat tolerance test (HTT) in different conditions.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 30 Years

SexMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * age 18-30 * healthy * after medical checkup * after signing concent form * for the smokers: smoking 0.5-1.5 packs of cigarettes a day at least 2 years. Exclusion Criteria: * heart disease * respiratory disease * baseline bp above 140/90 mmHg * diabetes * anhydrosis * skin disease * acute illness * detoxification from nicotine * allergy to nicotine * smoking other then specified in the inclusion criteria

What they're measuring

Heat tolerance

Timeframe: 2-3 days

VO2max

Timeframe: 2-3 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01596556

SponsorSheba Medical Center

Sponsor typeOTHER_GOV

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2013-12

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