Auxiliary Device to Alleviate Soldiers' Backload
- Conditions
- Physiological Strain of Weight Bearing.
- Registration Number
- NCT01565876
- Lead Sponsor
- Medical Corps, Israel Defense Force
- Brief Summary
Combat soldiers are required to perform under strenuous physical conditions; hence, their physical fitness is a crucial factor in their survivability.
The Auxiliary Device- "Minkal", is suggested (by its manufactures) to be able to reduce the soldiers' physiological strain by lowering the absolute load being carried by the soldier. As a result, it may improve the soldier's physiological abilities and performance through enduring missions with heavy loads, and may lead to better protection on the soldier from overuse injuries.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- Male
- Target Recruitment
- 12
- Healthy subjects without any of the following: chronic background diseases, cardiovascular, lung or respiratory, heat stroke history, headaches,psychiatric background, musculoskeletal problems, and without drugs use.
- Lack of any acute disease during 2 weeks prior the study.
- Subjects will give their written consent for participating the study after being informed by the study's physician about the study's aims, importance and the possible risks.
- Rectal temperature above 39 Celsius degrees.
- HR above maximal HR ( calculated as 220-age)
- The subject's will to stop the test.
- The researcher's/doctor's judgment.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physiological Load with and without the auxiliary device 6 days for each patient. The physiological load will be measured using a heat tolerance test(HTT). Each paricipant will undergo a HTT 5 times (in different days). first day- without load. second day- with back load of 40% of the body weight. third day- with back load of 40% of the body weight and the Auxilairy Device. fourth day- with back load of 60% of the body weight. fifth day- with back load of 60% of the body weight and the Auxilairy Device. The rectal temperature, skin teperature and heart rate will be mesured in each HTT and compered afterwards to assess the physiological load.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Rectal temperature 6 days The Rectal temperature will be mesured by a rectal thermistore during each HTT.
Skin temperature 6 days The Skin temperature will be mesured by skin thermistores on three sites (chest, leg and arm).
Heart Rate 6 days Heart rate will be monitored using a polar watch.
Sweat Rate 6 days Sweat rate will be calculated from the patient's weight and his water balance.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Institute of military physiology
🇮🇱Ramat Gan, Israel
Institute of military physiology🇮🇱Ramat Gan, Israel