NCT02310334

The Pacing (Guided Vs Unguided) Strategies Study

The Impact of Real-Time Physiological Status Based Pacing Guidance on Physiological Strain for Exercising Humans

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 23 (actual)
• Sponsor: USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 29 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The objectives of this study are to demonstrate that real time physiological status monitoring and the use of optimization techniques during exercise can have a positive impact on physiological status, and to collect metabolic flexibility profiles of young fit adults during rest and exercise.

Detailed description

This experiment aims to accomplish two goals: collect additional metabolic flexibility data with young fit adults in response to exercise; and demonstrate that automated pace guidance generated from real-time thermal-work strain monitoring and an optimized pacing policy will allow less stressful completion of a timed (60 minute) treadmill exercise of 5 miles. Each participant will undergo two treatments of first UNGUIDED followed by GUIDED exercise. The two exercise sessions will be conducted as part of a \~24 hour stay in an indirect calorimetry chamber.

Conditions

• Body Temperature Changes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Guided Exercise Session	Participants will be provided a pace based upon their current (estimated) physiological strain index (PSI) - a measure of thermal work strain, the time, and the distance completed already.
OTHER	Unguided Exercise Session	Participants will be instructed to complete 5 miles within 60 minutes and finish in as cool (lower body temperature) a state as possible.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-04-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2014-12-08
• Last updated: 2016-02-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States