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Impact of Facemasks on Running During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Fundacion Clinica Valle del Lili

Status

Completed

Conditions

Shortness of Breath

Treatments

Other: Polyester reusable mask
Other: Surgical mask

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

Randomized crossover clinical trial in which a group of runners are ask to complete a 15 minutes standardized physical test on a treadmill. The same group of participants are randomized to the order in which they use a facemask (surgical mask, polyester reusable cloth mask) or no mask, while running.

Each test, according to the type of mask or no mask, are held on different dates. Heart rate, oxygen saturation and shortness of breath are measured every 3 minutes during the test.

Full description

Between 15-20 recreational runners are included in a crossover trial to run under three different conditions the same 15-minutes treadmill running test. They Will run wtih surgical mask, polyester reusable cloth mask or without mask. The order in which they use or not the mask is randomized. Each test is done on a different day.

Heart rate, oxygen saturation and shortness of breath are measured every 3 minutes during the test.

The primary outcomes are the differences in heart rate, oxygen saturation and shortness of breath at the end of the test, between groups.

Enrollment

18 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 60 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Recreational runners.
  • Age between 16-65 years.
  • Workers or students from the health area.

Exclusion criteria

  • None.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Other

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

18 participants in 3 patient groups

No Mask
No Intervention group
Description:
Runners do not use mask while running
Surgical Mask
Experimental group
Description:
Runners use surgical mask while running
Treatment:
Other: Surgical mask
Polyester Reusable Mask
Experimental group
Description:
Runners use polyester reusable mask while running
Treatment:
Other: Polyester reusable mask

Trial contacts and locations

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