NCT05282472

Exercising With a Surgical Mask in Both Athletic and Non-athletic Individuals

Exercising With a Surgical Mask is Safe But Decreases Performance in Both Athletic and Non-athletic Individuals

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Şensu Dinçer · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aimed to examine the impact of surgical masks on maximal and submaximal exercise in both athlete and non-athlete individuals.

Detailed description

All participants will be informed about the procedure and, will sign an informed consent form. They will undergone a detailed physical examination before enrollment in the study. The study is conducted in 2-phases, in non-randomized, controlled design. Cardiopulmonary exercise tests (CPET) are going to be performed with and without a surgical mask with 48 hours in between.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	CPET without mask	Regular cardiopulmonary exercise tests were applied to all participants in phase 1.
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	CPET with mask	A 3-layer surgical mask was placed on CPET device's mask and was fixed with a CPET tribune. In phase 2, as using this combined (surgical mask and device's mask) masks, CPETs were performed in all participants again, after 48 hours.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-16
• Primary completion: 2021-05-07
• Completion: 2021-05-07
• First posted: 2022-03-16
• Last updated: 2022-03-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)