Influence of face masks on the subjective impairment at different physical workloads

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 8133 - 14
• Main Authors: van Kampen, Vera, Marek, Eike-Maximillian, Sucker, Kirsten, Jettkant, Birger, Kendzia, Benjamin, Strauß, Bianca, Ulbrich, Melanie, Deckert, Anja, Berresheim, Hans, Eisenhawer, Christian, Hoffmeyer, Frank, Weidhaas, Simon, Behrens, Thomas, Brüning, Thomas, Bünger, Jürgen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 19.05.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/1807/1809; 692/308/2779/777; 692/700/1538; 692/700/3160; 692/700/478; Adult; Aged; Atopy; Cognitive ability; Dyspnea; Female; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Male; Masks; Masks - adverse effects; Middle Aged; multidisciplinary; Physical Examination; Physical Exertion; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Workload; Workloads; Young Adult

To quantify the subjective and cognitive impairment caused by wearing face masks at work, 20 men and 20 women (median age 47 years, range 19–65) were tested under different ergometer workloads while wearing surgical mask, community mask, FFP2 respirator or no mask in a randomized and partially doubl...