UCT/ MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and SISSA is investigating exercise-induced heatstroke (EIH).
Looking for
- Runners (capable of running 10km under 65 minutes) eager to aid in discovering the causes of EIH.
- Runners (capable of running 10km under 65 minutes), who have previously experienced EIH (confirmed by a doctor) and who are willing to find out more about its causes.
Requirements
- Regular runner (3x times a week): 18-45 years of age
- Be able to visit the Sports Science Institute of South Africa 5 times
- Testing includes:
1) medical examination and questionnaire
2) 15ml x blood and urine samples per visit
3) 4 x 10km time trials in varying environmental and nutritional conditions on a treadmill in the environmental chamber
4) 4 x ingestion of disposable temperature monitoring pills
5) genetic testing (heatstroke patients only)
6) 1 x muscle biopsy (if willing, both groups)
Benefits to recruits
- General medical examination and anthropometric measurements by a qualified doctor.
- Non-EIH individuals gain insight into various aspects of their bodies’ physiological responses to exercise i.e. thermoregulatory, immunological and other, which may assist in optimising future training strategies.
- EIH individuals will receive medical, physiological and genetic tests, which aim at explaining the reasons for their previous susceptibility to EIH and assessing their current state of heat tolerance.
- Muscle fibre analysis, including fibre type determination (if muscle biopsy taken)
Venue
Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Cape Town
Cut off date
30 November 2009
Contact
Dr Caroline D’Alton at heatstroke.research@gmail.com (preferably) or 0847468543.