Effects of Wearing an N95 Respirator or Cloth Mask Among Adults at Peak Exercise: A Randomized Crossover Trial

Matthew Kampert; Tamanna Singh; Debasis Sahoo; Xiaozhen Han; Erik H Van Iterson

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.15219

Effects of Wearing an N95 Respirator or Cloth Mask Among Adults at Peak Exercise: A Randomized Crossover Trial

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2115219. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.15219.

Authors

Matthew Kampert^{1

2}, Tamanna Singh³, Debasis Sahoo^{3

4}, Xiaozhen Han^{3

5}, Erik H Van Iterson⁶

Affiliations

¹ Center of Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic and Rheumatology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Center of Obesity and Medical Weight Loss, Endocrinology and Metabolism Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
³ Section of Clinical Cardiology, Miller Family Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁴ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁵ Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁶ Section of Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation, Robert and Suzanne Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Miller Family Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.

Abstract

This randomized crossover trial examines the effects of wearing a cloth mask or N95 respirator vs no mask at peak exercise among healthy, active adults.

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Cross-Over Studies
Exercise / physiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Masks / standards*
Masks / statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
N95 Respirators / standards*
N95 Respirators / statistics & numerical data