The Effect of Wearing a Mask for Balance and Reaction Time

Medipol Health Group

Status: Completed

Conditions: Balance; Reaction Time

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: balance tests, reaction time evaluation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06522802

10840098-772.02-E.43565

Details and patient eligibility

About

A mask is a protective equipment that covers the mouth and nose and is routinely used in workplaces, public transport and other communal settings preventing harmful particles, dust, droplets, bacteria, viruses, fog, gas, smoke and steam from entering the respiratory system. However, wearing a mask may impair the visual field, potentially affecting balance and reaction time. The investigators' aim is to determine whether the use of masks affects people's balance and reactions.

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To be healthy

Exclusion criteria

• present or previous balance disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 1 patient group

Evaluation Arm

Experimental group

Description:

Only one group evaluated

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: balance tests, reaction time evaluation