Cognitive and psychophysiological impact of surgical mask use during university lessons

Tornero-Aguilera, José Francisco; Clemente‐Suárez, Vicente Javier

doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113342

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“…The higher rating of perceived exertion and subjective perceived stress while using a mask in both tests would reinforce this hypothesis. This accords with previous studies which found lower RMSSD and HF values, higher LF values [32], and a reduction of 80% on SDNN values [39]. Knowing the impact of short anaerobic tests on autonomic modulation, future research should focus on aerobic tests.…”

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“…We also found a significantly higher subjective perceived stress using the mask. It is feasible, that the masks negatively impact the dynamics of perception and effort, especially during demanding high intensity exercises [24], suggesting that the associated perceived effort [31] and stress [32] are important key reasons for the observed impairment of physical performance.…”

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The Effect of Surgical Mask Use in Anaerobic Running Performance

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COVID-19 restrictions stipulate the mandatory use of surgical masks during outdoor and indoor physical activities. The impact of this on athletic performance and especially on anaerobic physical activities is poorly known. The aim of the present research was to analyze the effect of surgical mask use on the anaerobic running performance of athletes. Modifications in running time, blood lactate, blood glucose, blood oxygen saturation, subjective perceived stress, rating of perceived exertion, and heart rate variability were measured in 50 m and 400 m maximal running tests with and without the use of surgical masks in 72 athletes. The use of a surgical mask increased blood lactate concentration, sympathetic autonomic modulation, perceived exertion, perceived stress, and decreased blood oxygen saturation in 50 and 400 m running tests. Thus, the higher levels of blood lactate and lower blood oxygen saturation require adaptation of the athlete’s rest and recovery periods to the acute workload. The higher level of sympathetic activation makes the acute and chronic control of autonomic modulation essential for an efficient training periodization. Finally, the use of acid buffers such as bicarbonate or sodium citrate would be a recommended ergogenic strategy.

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The Effect of Surgical Mask Use in Anaerobic Running Performance

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“…The findings of the present investigation, in corroborating the confutation of the hypercapnic hypoxia hypothesis, complement and add to the works of previous authors [ 15 , 29 , 30 ]. For instance, Morris et al [ 29 ] studied the effects of prolonged facemask-use during 45 min of light exercise on motor-cognitive performances, in a sample of 8 participants.…”

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“…The authors showed that motor-cognitive performance did not differ between prolonged facemask-use and the control condition. Similar findings were reported by another study, which investigated the effect of surgical-mask-use on cognitive and psychophysiological response, in a sample of biomedical students, after a 150-min lesson [ 30 ]. The authors showed that surgical-mask-use had no impact on reaction time.…”

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“…Only perceived dyspnea was found to significantly differ between the two conditions. Similarly, another study [ 30 ] showed that surgical mask had no impact on mental fatigue perception. On the contrary, Li et al [ 15 ] recruited a sample of five healthy male and five healthy female participants, carrying out intermittent exercise on a treadmill.…”

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Effect of a Warm-Up Protocol with and without Facemask-Use against COVID-19 on Cognitive Function: A Pilot, Randomized Counterbalanced, Cross-Sectional Study

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The present study aimed to verify the effect of a warm-up protocol with and without facemask-use on cognitive function. The sample was composed of 17 healthy, non-smoking physical education students (age = 17.6 years, height = 1.71 m, and body mass = 69.7 kg). They were randomized to perform 15 min of warm-up exercises, while wearing a cloth facemask (EXP) or no mask (CON) on two separate occasions, with at least 48-h separating conditions. Rate of perceived exertion (RPE) and d2 Attention assessment were used to verify cognitive function, using a repeated measures general linear model. The warm-up improved cognitive abilities and the results demonstrated significant differences between the EXP vs. CON groups in post-concentration performance (186.06 ± 15.47 EXP-score vs. 178.12 ± 13.66 CON-score), post the total number of errors (23.47 ± 14.50 EXP-frequency < 29.06 ± 13.74 CON-frequency), and in the post RPE (6.0 ± 1.37 EXP-index > 4.7 ± 0.85 CON-index). Wearing a cloth facemask caused positive effects on cognitive function. This data suggests that wearing a cloth facemask during warm-up may stimulate/improve the cognitive function.

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