Heat Stress Clinical Trial
Official title:
Comparison of a Novel Condensed Heat Acclimation Programme With a Traditional Longer-term Heat Acclimation Programme
Repeated exposure to heat in a laboratory setting (acclimation) elicits a range of adaptations, which reduce heat illness risk and increase work capacity in the heat. Traditional approaches to heat acclimation require daily heat exposures of 1 to 2 hours over ~7 to 10 consecutive days. Heat acclimation approaches which reduce the number of days to achieve acclimation may have utility. The primary purpose of the proposed research is to determine whether it is possible to achieve a similar degree of heat acclimation to that seen with a traditional longer-term heat acclimation approach by increasing the frequency of heat exposure, utilising multiple daily heat exposures over a smaller number of days. Secondary aims of the research are to examine whether heat acclimation provides cross-adaptation to a hypoxic stressor and whether heat acclimation improves aerobic fitness.
Individuals are often required to operate in adverse conditions and may be exposed to prolonged periods of high ambient heat and humidity. High environmental temperatures impair work capacity and increase heat-illness risk. Repeated exposure to heat in a laboratory setting (acclimation) elicits a range of adaptations, which reduce heat illness risk and increase work capacity in the heat. However, traditional approaches to heat acclimation are time consuming, typically requiring daily heat exposures of 1 to 2 hours over ~7 to 10 consecutive days. This can be logistically difficult to implement and impractical, particularly in situations where an individual must be rapidly deployed. Therefore, heat acclimation approaches which reduce the number of days to achieve acclimation may have utility. In addition, recent research studies have suggested that adaptation to heat may improve tolerance to hypoxia (cross-adaptation) and improve aerobic fitness; these effects may also be beneficial in a military context. Therefore, the primary purpose of the proposed research is to determine whether it is possible to achieve a similar degree of heat acclimation to that seen with a traditional longer-term heat acclimation approach by increasing the frequency of heat exposure, utilising multiple daily heat exposures over a smaller number of days. Secondary aims of the research are to examine whether heat acclimation provides cross-adaptation to a hypoxic stressor and whether heat acclimation improves aerobic fitness. Heat acclimation will be evaluated using a range of whole-body (cardiovascular, thermoregulatory, psychophysiological) and biochemical markers. ;
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