Effect of High Altitude Exposure, Acclimatization and Re-exposure on Psychomotor Performance in Lowlanders

Effect of High Altitude Clinical Trial

Official title: Effect of High Altitude Exposure, Acclimatization and Re-exposure on Psychomotor Performance and Sleep Quality in Lowlanders

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Prospective interventional trial in lowlanders evaluating the effect of acute exposure, acclimatization and re-exposure to high altitude on psychomotor vigilance to measure sustained attention.

Clinical Trial Description

Baseline measurements will be performed in Santiago de Chile, 520 m, over the course of 3 days. Participants will then travel by commercial airline (2 h flight) and by bus (2 h ride) to the ALMA base camp located at 2900 m near San Pedro de Atacama, northern Chile. Participants will stay there for the next 7 nights and they will spend the days (6 total; 6-8 h daily) at the telescope station at 5050 m while undergoing testing as described above at the first and the last day at 5050m. Daily transports from 2900 to 5050 m will be by car (1 h ride, one way). After the first 7 day altitude sojourn participants will return to the Santiago area (520 m) for a 7 day recovery period. A second altitude sojourn with an identical schedule as the one described above and a final low altitude stay of 3 days will follow. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Altitude Sickness
• Effect of High Altitude

• NCT number: NCT02731456
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Calgary
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2016
• Completion date: December 31, 2017