NCT06475339

Predicting Responses to Exhausting, Prolonged, And Repeated Exercise Demands (PREPARED) for Heat

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (estimated)
• Sponsor: State University of New York at Buffalo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 39 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The overall goal of this project is to identify a work/rest cycle that allows for faster mission completion needed in emergency situations, compared to current Army heat guidance, while mitigating heat strain and neuromuscular fatigue. This project will determine the trade-off between faster mission completion and risk of heat strain and physical performance decrements. Completion of this project will allow military leaders to make informed decisions by understanding the impact of their choices on the magnitude of physical performance decrements and expected heat casualties, setting up hot weather missions for success.

Conditions

• Hyperthermia
• Fatigue; Heat

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	30/30 work/rest cycle	Participants will walk on a treadmill while wearing a weighted backpack to a work/rest cycle of 30 minutes of work followed by 30 minutes of rest.
OTHER	30/20 work/rest cycle	Participants will walk on a treadmill while wearing a weighted backpack to a work/rest cycle of 30 minutes of work followed by 20 minutes of rest.
OTHER	40/30 work/rest cycle	Participants will walk on a treadmill while wearing a weighted backpack to a work/rest cycle of 40 minutes of work followed by 30 minutes of rest.
OTHER	20/12 work/rest cycle	Participants will walk on a treadmill while wearing a weighted backpack to a work/rest cycle of 20 minutes of work followed by 12 minutes of rest.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-11-01
• Primary completion: 2027-03-01
• Completion: 2027-03-01
• First posted: 2024-06-26
• Last updated: 2026-01-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States