Effects of Face Masks During Exercise

Purpose

To describe the primary and secondary outcomes of athletes during a Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test (CPET) on a cycle ergometer with and without a face mask.

Conditions

  • Cardiopulmonary
  • Exercise
  • Cognitive Performance
  • Covid19

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Between 18 Years and 39 Years
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • Be able to come to Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy and Research at The Star in Frisco, Texas twice in three weeks. - Be willing to wear a face mask during exercise capacity testing on a stationary bicycle.

Exclusion Criteria

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Crossover Assignment
Primary Purpose
Other
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Active Comparator
No cloth face mask 		Cross-over randomization. Participants randomized to this arm will not wear a cloth face mask for Test 1 which they do a progressive step-exercise cycling test to exhaustion
  • Other: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test
    Participants will complete a Cardiopulmonary Exercise test on cycle ergometer in which they will perform progressive step-exercise cycling to exhaustion
  • Other: Cognitive Performance Test
    Cognitive Performance will be tested using a cognition application on an iPad during the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test.
Experimental
Cloth face mask 		Cross-over randomization. Participants randomized to this arm will wear a cloth face mask for Test 1 which they do a progressive step-exercise cycling test to exhaustion
  • Other: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test
    Participants will complete a Cardiopulmonary Exercise test on cycle ergometer in which they will perform progressive step-exercise cycling to exhaustion
  • Other: Cognitive Performance Test
    Cognitive Performance will be tested using a cognition application on an iPad during the Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test.

Recruiting Locations

More Details

NCT ID
NCT04833010
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Baylor Research Institute