Effects of surgical and FFP2/N95 face masks on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity

Fikenzer, Sven; Uhe, Tobias; Lavall, Daniel; Rudolph, U.; Falz, Roberto; Busse, Martin; Hepp, Pierre; Laufs, Ulrich

doi:10.1007/s00392-020-01704-y

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Effects of surgical and FFP2/N95 face masks on cardiopulmonary exercise capacity

Published in Clinical Research in Cardiology • Jul 6, 2020

Authors:

Sven Fikenzer

Tobias Uhe

Daniel Lavall

Abstract

BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: ). The 36 tests wer...

Subject

Medicine

Face masks

Cardiology

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