COVID-19 and physical activity in sedentary individuals: differences in metabolic, cardiovascular, and respiratory responses during aerobic exercise performed with and without a surgical face masks.
J Sports Med Phys Fitness
; 62(6): 851-858, 2022 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1979874
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) impairs metabolic, cardiovascular, and pulmonary functions in human metabolism, and wearing face masks is recommended for the prevention of contracting or exposing others to cardio-respiratory infections. Since the effect of wearing a surgical face mask (SFM) on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity has not been systematically reported we aimed to determine the effects of wearing SFM during an incremental walking test on metabolic, cardiovascular, and pulmonary gas exchange responses in sedentary individuals.METHODS:
The evaluations were performed using a repeated measures study design. Seven sedentary males (age 40 years, height 178 cm, weight 88 kg, BMI 28 kg/m2, VORESULTS:
VOCONCLUSIONS:
Wearing a SFM during incremental walking predispose a decrease in oxygen delivery while increasing pulmonary ventilation in sedentary individuals. Thus, it could be speculated that surgical face masks have a negative impact on oxygen delivery during exercise which results in decreased exercise performance due to the restricted ventilatory conditions.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Masks
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
J Sports Med Phys Fitness
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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