{"id":5234,"date":"2020-10-09T10:52:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T08:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2025-10-30T07:59:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T07:59:28","slug":"prolonged-facemask-use-in-the-heat-worsens-dyspnea-without-compromising-motor-cognitive-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/prolonged-facemask-use-in-the-heat-worsens-dyspnea-without-compromising-motor-cognitive-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Prolonged facemask use in the heat worsens dyspnea without compromising motor-cognitive performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/prolonged-facemask-use-in-the-heat-worsens-dyspnea-without-compromising-motor-cognitive-performance\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5540 size-medium\" title=\"FAME Lab - Prolonged facemask use in the heat worsens dyspnea without compromising motor-cognitive performance\" src=\"https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/KTMP_A_1826840_F0002_B-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"FAME Lab - Prolonged facemask use in the heat worsens dyspnea without compromising motor-cognitive performance\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Morris NB, Piil JF, Christiansen L, <a href=\"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flouris AD<\/a>, Nybo L. Prolonged facemask use in the heat worsens dyspnea without compromising motor-cognitive performance. Temperature (Austin). 2020 Oct 9;8(2):160-165. doi: 10.1080\/23328940.2020.1826840. PMID: 33997114; PMCID: PMC8098073.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Abstract:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Background: Within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO endorses facemask use to limit aerosol-spreading of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). However, concerns have been raised regarding facemask-associated dyspnea, thermal distress and self-reported impairment of cognition.\u00a0Accordingly, we tested how facemask-use affects motor-cognitive performances of relevance for occupational safety. We hypothesized that mask use would affect cognitively dominated performances and thermal discomfort, but not alter whole-body thermal balance.<\/p>\n<p>Methods: Eight participants completed a facemask and a barefaced (control) trial, in a counterbalanced order, in 40\u00b0C and 20% humidity conditions. Motor-cognitive performance, physiological (rectal, mean skin and local facial temperatures) and perceptual (thermal comfort and dyspnea) measures were assessed at baseline and following 45 min of light work (100 W).<\/p>\n<p>Results: Perceived dyspnea was aggravated with prolonged facemask use (p = 0.04), resulting in 36% greater breathlessness compared to control. However, no other differences were observed in motor-cognitive performance, physiological strain, or thermal discomfort.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusions: Contradicting negative self-reported impacts of facemask-use, only dyspnea was aggravated in the present study, thereby reinforcing global recommendations of mask use, even in hot environments. (Funded by: European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the grant agreement No 668786).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Full Text Link:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/23328940.2020.1826840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/23328940.2020.1826840<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Download PDF:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Prolonged-facemask-use-in-the-heat-worsens-dyspnea-without-compromising-motor-cognitive-performance_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Prolonged-facemask-use-in-the-heat-worsens-dyspnea-without-compromising-motor-cognitive-performance_2020.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8302 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.famelab.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Line.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1316\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morris NB, Piil JF, Christiansen L, Flouris AD, Nybo L. Prolonged facemask use in the heat worsens dyspnea without compromising motor-cognitive performance. Temperature (Austin). 2020 Oct 9;8(2):160-165. doi: 10.1080\/23328940.2020.1826840. PMID: 33997114; PMCID: PMC8098073. Abstract:\u00a0 Background: Within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO endorses facemask use to limit aerosol-spreading of the novel severe acute [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fame-lab-publications-2020"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16556,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5234\/revisions\/16556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/famelab.gr\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}