Ever feel like you are unable to tolerate these hot summer days?  You are not alone.  Many burn survivors struggle with the heat.  Unfortunately physicians and scientists know relatively little about the consequences of grafted skin on the control of body temperature.

We are constantly regulating our body temperature.  When we get hot, more blood goes to the skin and we sweat to cool down.  Researchers at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas have shown that grafted skin does not increase blood flow nor sweat.  Thus temperature regulation for individuals with large areas of grafted skin may be impaired.  However, it is unknown whether non-burned skin compensates for the ineffectiveness of grafted skin.  These and related important questions are being studied by physicians and scientists with the goal of improving temperature regulation in burn survivors.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!

The Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas is seeking individuals who have SKIN GRAFTS to participate in a research study.

You can visit the official web site by clicking here .

pURPOSE:

• To evaluate the effects of skin grafting on the ability of individuals to improve temperature regulation.

In Order to Qualify, you must:

• Have well-healed, split-thickness grafting over 20% or more of your body
• Be between the ages of 18 and 55
• Not have any chronic illness
• Not be pregnant or breast-feeding

Study Procedures Include:

• A ten-day visit to Dallas while exercising in a warm room for 90 minutes, each of seven days
• Monitoring heart rhythm and blood pressure
• Measurement of internal and skin temperature
• Measurement of skin blood flow and sweat rate

For more information, contact our research nurse at 214-345-6502 or visit the official web site at:
www.skingraftresearch.org

 

Participants will receive financial compensation for their time, as well as hotel and travel expense reimbursement for those outside the Dallas area.

Study conducted at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas in conjunction with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.  This message IRB #0798-27400 approved 4/2/2010