Performing moderate to severe activity is safe and tolerable for healthy youth while wearing a cloth facemask.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate if a cloth facemask could affect physiological and perceptual responses to exercise at distinct exercise intensities in healthy young individuals.

Methods

Nine participants (sex, female/male: 6/3; age: 13±1 years; VO2peak: 44.5±5.5 mL/kg/min) underwent a progressive square-wave test at four intensities: (1) 80% of ventilatory anaerobic threshold (VAT), (2) VAT, and (3) 40% between VAT and [Formula: see text] wearing a triple-layered cloth facemask or not. Participants then completed a final stage to exhaustion at a running speed equivalent to the maximum achieved during the cardio-respiratory exercise test (Peak). Physiological, metabolic, and perceptual measures were measured.

Results

Mask did not affect spirometry (forced vital capacity, pea

SUBMITTER: Marticorena FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9987789 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature