NCT04958863

Impact of Facemasks on Running During COVID-19 Pandemic

Running and Facemasks During COVID-19 Pandemic: a Randomized Crossover Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 18 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fundacion Clinica Valle del Lili · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Randomized crossover clinical trial in which a group of runners are ask to complete a 15 minutes standardized physical test on a treadmill. The same group of participants are randomized to the order in which they use a facemask (surgical mask, polyester reusable cloth mask) or no mask, while running. Each test, according to the type of mask or no mask, are held on different dates. Heart rate, oxygen saturation and shortness of breath are measured every 3 minutes during the test.

Detailed description

Between 15-20 recreational runners are included in a crossover trial to run under three different conditions the same 15-minutes treadmill running test. They Will run wtih surgical mask, polyester reusable cloth mask or without mask. The order in which they use or not the mask is randomized. Each test is done on a different day. Heart rate, oxygen saturation and shortness of breath are measured every 3 minutes during the test. The primary outcomes are the differences in heart rate, oxygen saturation and shortness of breath at the end of the test, between groups.

Conditions

• Shortness of Breath

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Surgical mask	Use of a surgical mask during test
OTHER	Polyester reusable mask	Use of a polyester reusable mask during test

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-01
• Primary completion: 2021-03-31
• Completion: 2021-06-30
• First posted: 2021-07-12
• Last updated: 2021-07-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Colombia