NCT04579497

Temperature-dependent Changes in Cardiovascular Parameters During Warm Water Footbaths in Healthy Women

Temperature-dependent Changes in Cardiovascular Parameters During Warm Water Footbaths in Healthy Female Volunteers - a Blinded, Randomized, Controlled, Four-arm Study With Cross-over Design

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28 (actual)
• Sponsor: ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A study to explore whether different temperatures of warm water footbaths have different effects on the cardiovascular system, the autonomic nervous system and the general well-being of healthy women.

Detailed description

This is a blinded, four-arm randomized controlled trial with crossover design to explore the effects of warm water footbaths with different water temperatures on cardiovascular stress, reaction of the autonomic nervous system and a feeling of comfort and warmth in healthy female volunteers. Cardiovascular and ANS measurements are performed continuously throughout the interventions and the participants rate their feelings of warmth, general well-being and the footbath-related comfort with questionnaires.

Conditions

• Warm Footbath
• Cardiovascular System
• Autonomic Nervous System

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	38°C warm water footbath	A ten-minute pre-intervention rest period followed by a 30-minute footbath with 16 l of warm water at a constant temperature of 38°C, followed by a ten-minute post-intervention rest period.
OTHER	40°C warm water footbath	A ten-minute pre-intervention rest period followed by a 30-minute footbath with 16 l of warm water at a constant temperature of 40°C, followed by a ten-minute post-intervention rest period.
OTHER	42°C warm water footbath	A ten-minute pre-intervention rest period followed by a 30-minute footbath with 16 l of warm water at a constant temperature of 42°C, followed by a ten-minute post-intervention rest period.
OTHER	38-42°C rising temperature footbath	A ten-minute pre-intervention rest period followed by a 30-minute footbath with 16 l of warm water. Water temperature starts at 38°C and is increased by 1°C every 6 minutes, resulting in 42°C after 30 minutes. The footbath is followed by a ten-minute post-intervention rest period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-10-26
• Primary completion: 2021-05-31
• Completion: 2021-05-31
• First posted: 2020-10-08
• Last updated: 2021-07-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany