Physiological Impact of Cloth Mask During Exercise

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Fatigue

Treatments: Other: Mask

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04887714

MaskStudy

Details and patient eligibility

About

Mask wearing during the Covid-19 pandemic has been proven substantially effective in containing the spread of infection, with cloth masks being the most universally used. However, cloth masks may be uncomfortable and have physiological repercussion during exercise. This study aims to investigate the impact of cloth masks during exercise.

Enrollment: 68 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy individuals
• active, non-active and athletic individuals;

Exclusion criteria

• preexisting chronic conditions
• obesity
• physical limitation precluding exercise.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

Mask

Experimental group

Description:

cloth mask wearing

Treatment:

Other: Mask

control

No Intervention group

Description:

control, without mask.