CompletedNot Applicable

Heat Stress in Wheelchair Sports

Switzerland16 participantsStarted 2018-11-01

Plain-language summary

The aim of the study is to study the thermoregulatory responses under real life conditions, such as during wheelchair rugby and basketball matches. A further goal is to develop and validate a standardised field-based protocol, which induces the same thermoregulatory response as during a wheelchair rugby and basketball match. This knowledge allows to investigate strategies to reduce heat stress and to enhance exercise performance (e.g. pre-cooling) in the future, based on standardised conditions.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 60 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Informed consent as documented by signature * healthy, male or female wheelchair rugby (with tetraplegia) or basketball player (with paraplegia) of national or international level * regularly taking part in competitions/games * age between 18 and 60 years Exclusion Criteria: * asthma * blood disorders * actual injury, which impairs performance or other impossibility to exercise to exhaustion * cardiovascular disease * gastrointestinal disease, disorder or former surgery concerning the gastrointestinal tract * not able to swallow a capsule * less than 40kg of body mass * MRI during the period of use of the e-Celsius® device

What they're measuring

Change in body core temperature

Timeframe: from 0 minutes to 32 minutes (cohort 1) or 48 minutes (cohort 2)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03815708

SponsorSwiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil

Sponsor typeNETWORK

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2022-08-31

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