Mountain Hiking & Environmental Influences

Healthy Participants Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Mountain Hiking on Physiological and Psychological Health Parameters With Special Focus on the Influence of the Environment

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03229434
• Other study ID #: ARMH_2
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 29, 2017
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: January 2019
• Source: Universitaet Innsbruck
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In a randomized crossover design, approximately 50 healthy participants will be randomly exposed to outdoor mountain hiking (approximately 6 hours each) in two different areas: an anthropogenically influenced area and in a widely pristine area.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: November 1, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• voluntary participation

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnancy

• breastfeeding

• chronic or acute diseases (already existing or diagnosed during the study)

• unable to be physically active assessed by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Participants

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mountain hiking
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Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Austria	Department of Sport Science, Medical Section, University of Innsbruck	Innsbruck

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universitaet Innsbruck	Paracelsus Medical University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Austria, 

References & Publications (1)

Niedermeier M, Einwanger J, Hartl A, Kopp M. Affective responses in mountain hiking-A randomized crossover trial focusing on differences between indoor and outdoor activity. PLoS One. 2017 May 16;12(5):e0177719. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177719. eCollection 2017. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from baseline Cortisol (Saliva Sampling) at 6 hours	Physiological response	6 hours
Primary	Change from baseline subscales of mood survey scale at 6 hours	Psychological response	6 hours
Secondary	Change from baseline blood pressure at 6 hours		6 hours
Secondary	Change from baseline lung function at 6 hours		6 hours
Secondary	Change from baseline respiratory gas analysis at 6 hours		6 hours