Multi-day resilience to exercise-heat stress and adaptation study
Researchers are looking for volunteers for a study of how men and women tolerate combined exercise-heat stress. Physically fit men and women ages 18-50 may be eligible to participate.
This study involves at most, 16 days of visits to the laboratory after screening procedures. This may be as few as 14 days for completion of all aspects of the study; there are multiple options for participation in different aspects of the study that vary in time committed and
corresponding compensation. During your visits, you will be asked to complete cognitive and physical performance tests and exercise in a hot and humid laboratory space each day while being monitored. You will have standard measures of fitness and body composition
measured, such as VO2max testing and body fat testing by DXA. The information from this DoD funded study will be important to understanding men and women’s performance in the military, elite sports, occupational settings, and in cases in which people are exposed to hot and humid environments with physical activity requirements. Blood, urine, saliva, and sweat will be collected during the study.
Some eligibility restrictions related to safety apply. The principal investigators (PI) for this study are Dr. Douglas Casa and Dr. Elaine C. Lee.
For more information, contact: Maggie Morrissey at margaret.morrissey@uconn.edu