Mental, physical, and phychophysiological responses to FFP2/N95 face mask during HIIT in active women.

ABSTRACT: Training systems based on high-intensity interval training (HIIT) have experienced great influence in recent years within the context of exercise and sport. This study aims to provide insight on whether the immediate outcomes (e.g., central and peripheral acute responses) may be intensified or attenuated when a HIIT protocol is performed using a FFP2/N95 face mask in active healthy adult women. In other words, it strives to provide new findings relative to the use of face masks as a potential performance enhancing tool. In the current study, the same training session was carried out on two occasions under different conditions (i.e., with FFP2/N95 and without FFP2/N95) in a cross-over experimental design. The following study variables were assessed before and after the HIIT in both sessions

SUBMITTER: Tannion K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10540954 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature