Thermoregulatory behavior.
Completed
- Conditions
- Thermal behavior, thermal comfort, thermal sensation, physiology
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20014
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+)
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 16
Inclusion Criteria
1. Caucasian healthy females on oral contraceptive;
2. Age: 18 to 30 years;
Exclusion Criteria
1. Regular medication use;
2. Pregnancy;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. The intention of thermoregulatory behavior, using a questionnaire;<br /><br>2. Energy expenditure, as measured using indirect calorimetry in a climate controlled respiration chamber.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Thermal comfort, using a questionnaire with a VAS;<br /><br>2. Thermal sensation, using a questionnaire with a VAS;<br /><br>3. Thermal environment, using a questionnaire with a VAS;<br /><br>4. Skin temperature, using iButtons;<br /><br>5. Core temperature, using an ingestible pill;<br /><br>6. Skin perfusion, using Laser Doppler Flowmetry;<br /><br>7. Blood parameters.