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SUBMITTER: Fikenzer S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7338098 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society 20200706 12
<h4>Background</h4>Due to the SARS-CoV2 pandemic, medical face masks are widely recommended for a large number of individuals and long durations. The effect of wearing a surgical and a FFP2/N95 face mask on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity has not been systematically reported.<h4>Methods</h4>This prospective cross-over study quantitated the effects of wearing no mask (nm), a surgical mask (sm) and a FFP2/N95 mask (ffpm) in 12 healthy males (age 38.1 ± 6.2 years, BMI 24.5 ± 2.0 kg/m<sup>2</sup>) ...[more]