NCT04800848

Effects of the Face Mask on Physical Fitness in Children

Effects of the N95/FFP2 Face Mask on Physical Fitness in Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 165 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Oviedo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this multicenter randomized crossover design study is to evaluate a sample of 500 boys and girls from public and private schools in the Principality of Asturias, aged between 6 and 12 years, with the objective of determining the level of physical condition, as well as to evaluate the effect of the use of FFP2/N95 face masks during the execution of the ALPHA Fitness battery, and the emotional effects caused by the use of these masks. This is a sample obtained by accessibility, in which the sampling will be stratified by age and academic year.

Conditions

• Physical Fitness
• Health
• Childhood ALL
• Emotional Stress
• Sedentary Behavior
• Cardiorespiratory Fitness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Mask	Physical Fitness is evaluated with the use of a face mask

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-01
• Primary completion: 2021-05-01
• Completion: 2021-07-01
• First posted: 2021-03-16
• Last updated: 2021-07-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain