NCT01565876

Auxiliary Device to Alleviate Soldiers' Backload

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 21 Years – 28 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Combat soldiers are required to perform under strenuous physical conditions; hence, their physical fitness is a crucial factor in their survivability. The Auxiliary Device- "Minkal", is suggested (by its manufactures) to be able to reduce the soldiers' physiological strain by lowering the absolute load being carried by the soldier. As a result, it may improve the soldier's physiological abilities and performance through enduring missions with heavy loads, and may lead to better protection on the soldier from overuse injuries.

Conditions

• Physiological Strain of Weight Bearing.

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	"Minkal"- Auxiliary device to alleviate backload	The participants will undergo 6 days of study. The first day of the study include medical examination, maximal oxigen consumption day and anthropometric mesurments. Then The participants will undergo heat tolerance test 5 times (in different days). first day- without load. second day- with back load of 40% of the body weight. third day- with back load of 40% of the body weight and the Auxilairy Device. fourth day- with back load of 60% of the body weight. fifth day- with back load of 60% of the body weight and the Auxilairy Device. The rectal temperature, skin teperature and heart rate will be mesured each day and compered afterwards.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-12-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2014-01-01
• First posted: 2012-03-29
• Last updated: 2012-03-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel