Effects of Vital Shower on Quality of Life, Immune Function, Cardiovascular Regulation and Well-being
An Randomised Controlled Trial on the Effects of Vital Shower (Hansgrohe) on Quality of Life, Immune Function, Cardiovascular Regulation and Well-being
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
50 participants
May 25, 2022
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The aim of this exploratory randomized controlled clinical study is to evaluate the health-promoting effects of Kneipp hydrotherapy, in the form of the Vital Shower in a four-week daily application.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria1
- Female and male patients between 18 and 70 years of age
Exclusion Criteria9
- Bad general condition
- Serious acute or chronic comorbidity
- Pregnancy and breast feeding period/ in the next 6 months
- Participation in a clinical trial within the last 3 months before enrollment
- Simultaneous participation in another clinical trial
- Raynaud's disease or cold agglutinin disease
- Severe mental illness
- Insufficiently treated dermatological diseases (e.g. neurodermatitis, psoriasis)
- Non-compatible sanitary shower or bath devices
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Interventions
Start of the shower with warm comfort temperature and usual body cleansing. Then the Vital shower is carried out for a total of 3-5 minutes, followed optionally by another warm shower with 30 seconds or direct transition to a classic cold shower for 30- 60 seconds
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NCT05328856