Healthy Runners (Ages 18-45) Needed for Running in the Heat Study!
A
Allison Gruber
Primary Investigator
Not Recruiting
18 years - 45 years
All
Phase
N/A
20 participants needed
1 Location
Brief description of study
DO YOU LIKE TO RUN? Join our RUNNING IN THE HEAT study!
Researchersdiana University Biomechanics Lab are looking for healthy
volunteers ages 18-45 to take part in a study to investigate how running form changes during a run in a hot and humid environment
Participation involves
running on a treadmill during 2-3 In-person study visits at the Integrative Kinesiology Laboratory located in the School of Public Health building at Indiana
University Bloomington.
Compensation will be provided.
Detailed description of study
Who is eligible to participate?
- Ages 18-45
- Healthy recreational runners (recreationalunner = at least 1 year of running experience, running volume of at least 9 miles per week (15 km/week)
- Must not be injured (injured
= has sustained an injury in the past 6 months that reduced/stopped
normal running and has not resumed normal weekly running volume for at
least 8 weeks prior to enrollment)
- No history of lower back/limb surgery
- Must be willing to attend 2-3 in-person study visits at the Integrative Kinesiology Laboratory in Bloomington, IN
What is involved if I participate?
- Two or three total visits
- Urine pregnancy test for females
- One visit for surveys/questionnaires related to your running training/history and physical activity and a movement and gait assessment (approx. 1.5 hrs). The movement and gait assessment will involve a series of motions (lunging, squatting, stepping down) and walking/running on a treadmill.
- Two visits in the environmental chamber (approx. 2 hrs each). During the environmental chamber visits, subjects will run on the treadmill. One treadmill run will be performed in a moderate environment and one treadmill run will be performed in a hot and humid environment (the hot and humid environment will be similar to the hottest summer day you will experience in Bloomington, IN). One of these visits can be combined with visit 1.
- Complete surveys and questionnaires related to your running training/history and physical activity.
Will I be compensated?
- Participants will receive up to $200 in the form of a gift card for completing all of the study requirements.
How can I participate?
Please contact Jimmy McDonnell (jimcdon@iu.edu) or Kai Chien (kchien@iu.edu) for more information. Eligibility of study
You may be eligible for this study if you meet the following criteria:
- Conditions: healthy volunteer
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Age: 18 years - 45 years
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Gender: All
Additional Criteria:
- Healthy recreational runners (recreationalunner = at least 1 year of running experience, running volume of at least 9 miles per week (15 km/week)
- Must not be injured (injured
= has sustained an injury in the past 6 months that reduced/stopped
normal running and has not resumed normal weekly running volume for at
least 8 weeks prior to enrollment)
- No history of lower back/limb surgery
- Must be willing to attend in-person study visits at the IU Biomechanics Lab in Bloomington, IN
Study Title: Effects of Environmental Heat Stress of Running Gait and Biomechanics
Principal Investigator: Dr. Allison Gruber (ahgruber@indiana.edu)
To learn more about the Principal Investigator (Allison Gruber, PhD, FACSM) and her research interests, please visit this link:
Updated on
01 Aug 2024.
Study ID: 17252
