Trial reportScientific reports2020
Effects of surgical face masks on cardiopulmonary parameters during steady state exercise.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05150613 (Individual Performance Analysis of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing / Maximal and Sub-maximal Exercise Testing With Different Face Masks), which is not on this map. Cited by 63 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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Individual Performance Analysis of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing / Maximal and Sub-maximal Exercise Testing With Different Face Masks
Who cites it
63 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 123 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of Wearing a Mask During Exercise on Physiological and Psychological Outcomes in Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Bayesian network meta-analysis of face masks' impact on human physiology.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Facial mask acute effects on affective/psychological and exercise performance responses during exercise: A meta-analytical review.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- The Impact of Ubiquitous Face Masks and Filtering Face Piece Application During Rest, Work and Exercise on Gas Exchange, Pulmonary Function and Physical Performance: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2021Pooled it
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- The Physiological Effects of Face Masks During Exercise Worn Due to COVID-19: A Systematic Review.Sports healthPooled it
- The pandemic legacy face mask: hidden barrier or insignificant factor in exercise performance?: A randomized crossover trial.Medicine · 2026Trial
- Effect of face masks on dyspnea perception, cardiopulmonary parameters, and facial temperature in healthy adults.Narra J · 2024Trial
- Influence of face masks on the subjective impairment at different physical workloads.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Effects of wearing different face masks on cardiopulmonary performance at rest and exercise in a partially double-blinded randomized cross-over study.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Blood gas levels, cardiovascular strain and cognitive performance during surgical mask and filtering face piece application.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
- Common surgical masks and unattended blood pressure changes in treated hypertensive patients.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2022Trial
- Effects of face masks on performance and cardiorespiratory response in well-trained athletes.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2022Trial
- Effects of surgical masks on the responses to constant work-rate cycling performed at different intensity domains.Clinical physiology and functional imaging · 2022Trial
- Effects of surgical and FFP2 masks on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity in patients with heart failure.PloS one · 2022Trial
- Wearing a Surgical Face Mask Has Minimal Effect on Performance and Physiological Measures during High-Intensity Exercise in Youth Ice-Hockey Players: A Randomized Cross-Over Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Effects of surgical and cloth facemasks during a submaximal exercise test in healthy adults.Respiratory medicine · 2021Trial
- Decreased exercise capacity in young athletes using self-adapted mouthguards.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Trial
- Effects of wearing a surgical face mask on cardiac biomarkers, respiratory function, and perceptual responses during exercise in a hot and humid climate at different intensities: a randomized crossover trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Risks and benefits of face masks in children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
3 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Wearing face masks reduce the maximum physical performance. Sports and occupational activities are often associated with submaximal constant intensities. This prospective crossover study examined the effects of medical face masks during constant-load exercise. Fourteen healthy men (age 25.7 ± 3.5 years; height 183.8 ± 8.4 cm; weight 83.6 ± 8.4 kg) performed a lactate minimum test and a body plethysmography with and without masks. They were randomly assigned to two constant load tests at maximal lactate steady state with and without masks. The cardiopulmonary and metabolic responses were monitored using impedance cardiography and ergo-spirometry. The airway resistance was two-fold higher with the surgical mask (SM) than without the mask (SM 0.58 ± 0.16 kPa l
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