Clinical trials: Decompression Sickness
Decompression Sickness
NASA Exercise Prebreathe Study
This study evaluates oxygen prebreathe protocols and exercise conditions to reduce risk of decompression sickness during simulated extravehicular activity.
- Trial name
- NCT07702539
- Testing
- Oxygen Prebreathe and Hypobaric Exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Nitrogen Narcosis, Inner Ear Decompression Illness
The Effect of Nitrogen Narcosis on Motor Performance in Divers Who Have Sustained an Inner Ear Decompression Illness
Nitrogen starts to have narcotic properties depths below 30m and can cause symptoms such as euphoria, impaired judgement and impaired neuromuscular coordination.
- Trial name
- NCT07446348
- Testing
- Nitrogen-oxygen breathing mixture
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Plymouth
Sexual Behavior, Hypoxia, Brain
Uncovering the Acute Neurobiological Significance of Emerging Sexual Behaviors
The purpose of this study is to examine the acute effect of being choked during partnered sex on neurological measures. The study is designed to identify the effects being choked during partnered sex on the brain through the use…
- Trial name
- NCT06602362
- Testing
- Partnered sex involving choking, Partnered sex not involving choking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Occupational Exposure
Effects of a 60-min Repeated Trunk Flexion Protocol on Trunk Neuromuscular Properties.
An interventional study on the effects of repeated trunk flexion exposure on trunk neuromuscular properties.
- Trial name
- NCT05511896
- Testing
- Repeated trunk flexion
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Primorska
Hyperbaric, Diving Medicine
Reduction of Venous Emboli Load After Breathing Normobaric Oxygen Compared to Air
Primary objective: Assessment of venous gas emboli load post diving when breathing normobaric oxygen compared to air. Secondary objective: Assessment of fluid markers of central nervous system injury in blood post diving…
- Conditions
- Hyperbaric, Diving Medicine, Decompression Sickness, Central Nervous Injury
- Trial name
- NCT02468752
- Testing
- Oxygen, Air
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Göteborg University
Decompression Sickness, Endothelial Dysfunction
Exercise and Repetitive Diving
SCUBA diving frequently involves repetitive exposures over multiple days. The goal of this study was to see how exercise impacts microparticles (MPs), endothelial function, and venous gas emboli (VGE) over a series of dives.
- Conditions
- Decompression Sickness, Endothelial Dysfunction, Neutrophil Activation, Venous Gas Emboli
- Trial name
- NCT02118207
- Testing
- Aerobic running exercise
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Croatia
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Split