The effect of drifting temperature on thermal perception and comfort
- Conditions
- none
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20038
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 18
Male gender, Caucasian race, age 20-40 years, BMI between 18 and 27.5 kg/m2, non-smoking, steady dietary habits, generally healthy, no medication use that interferes with metabolism.
Cardiac problems and cardiovascular diseases, such as angina pectoris, cardiac infarction and arrhythmias; any medical condition requiring treatment and/or medication that might interfere with the investigated parameters; unstable body weight (weight gain or loss >3kg in the past month); participation in another biomedical study within 1 month prior to screening visit; participants, who do not want to be informed about unexpected medical findings, or do not wish that their treating physician will be informed, cannot participate in this study; presence of Raynaud's phenomenon
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method thermal perception and comfort; Difference in thermal sensation as indicated by the maximal difference in finger temperature between the two ambient temperature conditions
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method energy expenditure, heart rate, blood pressure, skin temperature, core temperature, attention (for experiment 1), sweat rate (for experiment 2).