Heat Stress in Wheelchair Sports

NCT03815708 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2018-24
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 16
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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.

Conditions

Heat Stress; Body Temperature Changes

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in body core temperature

  recording body core temperature with an electronic capsule from the beginning to the end of a rugby or basketball game

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

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Change in heart rate

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

• covered distance

  32 minutes (cohort 1) or 48 minutes (cohort 2)

• Change in body weight

  32 minutes (cohort 1) or 48 minutes (cohort 2)

Study Arms (2)

wheelchair rugby players

well-trained spinal cord injured wheelchair rugby players

wheelchair basketball players

well-trained spinal cord injured wheelchair basketball players

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

well trained spinal cord injured wheelchair rugby and basketball players

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil: lead

Study Sites (1)

Swiss Paraplegic Centre

Nottwil, Canton of Lucerne, 6207, Switzerland

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Heat Stress Disorders; Body Temperature Changes

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Wounds and Injuries; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Claudio Perret, PD Dr.

  Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Guido A. Zäch Strasse 1, CH-6207 Nottwil

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: NETWORK
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 10, 2018
• First Posted: January 24, 2019
• Study Start: November 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: August 31, 2022
• Study Completion: August 31, 2022
• Last Updated: March 13, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CH (1)