Clinical trials: Immersion
Hyperthermia
Cold Water Immersion Stirring in Hyperthermic Individuals
The best way to cool a very hot person is using cold water immersion, however, the optimization of this technique has not been established.
- Trial name
- NCT04613843
- Testing
- Water Stirring, No Water Stirring
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Healthy
Cardiac Autonomic Functions During Head-out Immersion and During Head Down Tilt
Head down tilt (HDT) was widely used to simulate microgravity effects on cardiovascular system. HDT could be a suitable model of water immersion (WI) which is also used to simulate the cardiovascular effects of microgravity and…
- Trial name
- IMMERSION (NCT00515645)
- Testing
- Head-down tilt and immersion
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Colonoscopy
Comparisons of SWI, WWI and CI in Potentially Difficult Colonoscopy.
Colonoscopy insertion is technically challenging, time-consuming, and painful, especially for the sigmoid. It is reported that the difficult colonoscopy score (DCS) >1 can predict the difficulty during colonoscopy.
- Trial name
- NCT03571061
- Testing
- whole colon water immersion and sigmoid water immersion
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Shenzhen People's Hospital
Healthy
Cold and Warm Water for Performance Recovery
The overall aim of this study is, to evaluate the effectiveness of repeated cold- and warm water immersion on performance recovery after muscle damage.
- Trial name
- NCT04902924
- Testing
- repeated cold water therapy, repeated warm water therapy, control
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
Weightlessness, Weightlessness; Adverse Effect
Integrative Study of Physiological Changes Induced by a 5-Day Dry Immersion on 20 Healthy Female Volunteers (DI5-Women)
Dry immersion (DI) is a ground-based model of prolonged conditions of simulated microgravity. Dry immersion involves immersing the subject in water covered with an elastic waterproof fabric.
- Trial name
- VivalDI (NCT05043974)
- Testing
- Dry immersion
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales
Hypertension
Team Lifestyle Immersion Hypertension Control Project
This project is focuses on reducing the risk and progression of hypertension among a population that records high incidence of hypertension and other chronic ailments such as heart disease, diabetes, kidney failure, and obesity…
- Trial name
- TLIP (NCT07201948)
- Testing
- Lifestyle Immersion Intervention that will address Nutrition, Physical Fitness, and BP Self-Monitoring3 Elements:
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 220 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Meharry Medical College
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Artificial Intelligence
Enhancing Immersion in Virtual Reality Based Advanced Life Support Training
Virtual Reality based training modulues have become a part of simulation based medical education and are nowadays used for undergraduate and postgraduate level training of healthcare professionals.In parallel to the advancements…
- Trial name
- NCT06458452
- Testing
- Using Virtual Reality based serious gaming module for Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 67 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Acibadem University
Avalanche, Landslide, or Mudslide, Asphyxia; Immersion
Efficacy and Pathophysiological Implications of a New Asphyxiation Delaying Device
Survival of fully buried avalanche victims depends in major part on a triad of hypoxia, hypercapnia, and hypothermia and therefore decreases rapidly after complete burial.
- Trial name
- SAFEBACK (NCT05779540)
- Testing
- Safeback SBX
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine
General Population
Virtual-self Identity Construal in Online Video Games: A Repertory Grid Study
New technologies are changing the way of approach for many concepts that used to be quite established in the past. The Internet, and especially online videogames where people can create a customizable character to serve as their…
- Trial name
- NCT04551638
- Testing
- Psychological assessment with the Repertory Grid Technique
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Barcelona
Low-immersion (Mobile Device), High-immersion (Head Mounted Display)
Developing a Virtual Reality Training Tool for Exposure Therapy: Simulated Exposure Trainer (SET)
The goal of this study is to develop a targeted virtual training program (Simulated Exposure Trainer; SET) for exposure therapy.
- Trial name
- SET-VR (NCT06706245)
- Testing
- SET-VR (computer), SET-VR (headset)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bradley Hospital
Healthy Aging
The Effects of Post Aerobic Exercise Hot Water Immersion on Physiological and Perceptual Responses in Physically Inactive Middle-aged Adults
This study will investigate the effects of post moderate intensity aerobic exercise hot water immersion on physiological and perceptual responses in physically inactive middle-aged adults when compared to moderate intensity…
- Trial name
- NCT05035004
- Testing
- Post exercise hot water immersion, Exercise, Hot water immersion
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Coventry University
Healthy Individuals
Analysis of Neuromuscular, Circulatory and Biomechanical Responses After Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy is a resource applied thermal rehabilitation in order to reduce skin temperature and muscle as well as nerve conduction velocity, and promotes vasoconstriction of arteries and veins resulting in decreased blood flow.
- Trial name
- NCT01872091
- Testing
- cryotherapy by immersion, Control group
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
Pressure Distribution, Military Litters
NATO Litter: Fluid Immersion System (FIS) Versus Traditional Mattress for Pressure Dispersion
The purpose of this study is to measure peak skin interface pressures and the total area of the body exposed to skin interface pressure above 30 mm Hg at different areas of the body in the supine position on two different support…
- Conditions
- Pressure Distribution, Military Litters, Peak Pressure Index, Total Surface Area
- Trial name
- NCT03483623
- Testing
- NATO WELP combination, NATO FIS combination, RAVEN WELP combination
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- David Grant U.S. Air Force Medical Center
Endothelial Dysfunction
Effect of Local Heat Stress Via Leg Bath on Artery Function
Arteries are flexible in their structure and function and change in response to a variety of factors. Endothelial cells, are the skin type cells that form a layer inside arteries, and they are very important for arterial health.
- Trial name
- HEAT (NCT03618524)
- Testing
- Lower limb hot water immersion
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Adenoma, Colonic Neoplasms
Water Immersion and Polyp Detection: A Randomized Controlled Trial
We plan to conduct a randomized trial of tandem colonoscopies comparing water infusion and air insufflation for inspection of mucosa on withdrawal.
- Trial name
- NCT03231917
- Testing
- Water Infusion first, CO2 Insufflation First
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 121 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Healthy Adult Participants
The Effect of Cold Exposure on Physiological Markers
The goal of this observational study is to examine how different physiological markers change over a two-day period after long-duration whole-body cold-water immersion in healthy young men and women.
- Trial name
- NCT07504718
- Testing
- Cold water immerssion
- Where
- Lithuania
- Volunteers
- 41 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Lithuanian Sports University
Athletic Performance
The Accumulative Effect of Cold Water Immersion in Football Athletes
Football is a sport with congested calendars, which requires muscle recovery strategies such as cold water immersion (CWI). This recovery technique is well spread through football clubs, although it lacks a profound physiologic…
- Trial name
- NCT02688972
- Testing
- cold water immersion, Control group
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Scheila Marisa Pinheiro
Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Metabolic Complication
Cold Water Immersion and Atherosclerosis, Inflammation, Fat Accumulation and Lipid Profile Parameters
The impact of the environment on human health is considerable. An important factor is the effect of temperature on the human body, where either the effects of short-term exposure to extreme temperatures (cryotherapy, sauna, etc.)…
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Metabolic Complication, Endocrine; Complications, Immune System Diseases
- Trial name
- NCT04642066
- Testing
- Cold water immersion, No cold water immersion
- Where
- Slovakia
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pavol Jozef Safarik University
Stroke
The Effect of Optic Flow Speed Manipulation and the Level of Immersion on the Gait Pattern in People Post-stroke
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of manipulating the optic flow speed in the virtual environment on the gait pattern during virtual reality (VR) - enhanced treadmill walking in people post-stroke.
- Trial name
- NCT04521829
- Testing
- Walking with different optic flow speeds with 2 different VR devices
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Floating Technique, Anthropometry
Float First: An Index of Floating: Factors Affecting Floating in Different Populations
The study involves measurements of body composition using a DEXA scanner, lung function, buoyancy and floating technique. An understanding of the effects of physiological and anthropometric measures on an individual's ability to…
- Conditions
- Floating Technique, Anthropometry, Lung Function
- Trial name
- NCT03982056
- Testing
- this is an observational study there are no interventions
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 178 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Portsmouth