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Skin Wetting in Burn Survivors
Sponsor: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Summary
This project will identify the efficacy of whole body skin wetting aimed to attenuate excessive elevations in internal body temperatures during physical activity in well-healed burn survivors. The investigators will conduct a randomized crossover design study. Non-burned control subjects, subjects who experienced burns covering \~20% to 40% of their body surface area, and subject having burns \>40% of their body surface area will be investigated. Subjects will exercise in heated environmental conditions while receiving no cooling or whole body skin wetting.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
40
Start Date
2024-07-31
Completion Date
2026-07-31
Last Updated
2025-10-21
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Whole body cooling
Subjects will exercise for 60 minutes in the indicated environmental condition while being exposed to whole body skin wetting. Skin wetting will be performed by spraying water onto the whole body throughout the exercise bout.
Non-cooling
Subjects will exercise for 60 minutes in the indicated environmental condition while being exposed to no cooling modalities.
Locations (1)
Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine
Dallas, Texas, United States