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Cerebral and systemic physiological effects of wearing face masks in young adults

The COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread mandates requiring the wearing of face masks, which led to debates on their benefits and possible adverse effects. To that end, the physiological effects at the systemic and at the brain level are of interest. We have investigated the effect of commonly availa...

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Autores principales: Fischer, Jonas B., Kobayashi Frisk, Lisa, Scholkmann, Felix, Delgado-Mederos, Raquel, Mayos, Mercedes, Durduran, Turgut
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8522266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34607955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2109111118
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author Fischer, Jonas B.
Kobayashi Frisk, Lisa
Scholkmann, Felix
Delgado-Mederos, Raquel
Mayos, Mercedes
Durduran, Turgut
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description The COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread mandates requiring the wearing of face masks, which led to debates on their benefits and possible adverse effects. To that end, the physiological effects at the systemic and at the brain level are of interest. We have investigated the effect of commonly available face masks (FFP2 and surgical) on cerebral hemodynamics and oxygenation, particularly microvascular cerebral blood flow (CBF) and blood/tissue oxygen saturation (StO(2)), measured by transcranial hybrid near-infrared spectroscopies and on systemic physiology in 13 healthy adults (ages: 23 to 33 y). The results indicate small but significant changes in cerebral hemodynamics while wearing a mask. However, these changes are comparable to those of daily life activities. This platform and the protocol provides the basis for large or targeted studies of the effects of mask wearing in different populations and while performing critical tasks.
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spelling pubmed-85222662021-10-27 Cerebral and systemic physiological effects of wearing face masks in young adults Fischer, Jonas B. Kobayashi Frisk, Lisa Scholkmann, Felix Delgado-Mederos, Raquel Mayos, Mercedes Durduran, Turgut Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Physical Sciences The COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread mandates requiring the wearing of face masks, which led to debates on their benefits and possible adverse effects. To that end, the physiological effects at the systemic and at the brain level are of interest. We have investigated the effect of commonly available face masks (FFP2 and surgical) on cerebral hemodynamics and oxygenation, particularly microvascular cerebral blood flow (CBF) and blood/tissue oxygen saturation (StO(2)), measured by transcranial hybrid near-infrared spectroscopies and on systemic physiology in 13 healthy adults (ages: 23 to 33 y). The results indicate small but significant changes in cerebral hemodynamics while wearing a mask. However, these changes are comparable to those of daily life activities. This platform and the protocol provides the basis for large or targeted studies of the effects of mask wearing in different populations and while performing critical tasks. National Academy of Sciences 2021-10-12 2021-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8522266/ /pubmed/34607955 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2109111118 Text en Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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title Cerebral and systemic physiological effects of wearing face masks in young adults
title_full Cerebral and systemic physiological effects of wearing face masks in young adults
title_fullStr Cerebral and systemic physiological effects of wearing face masks in young adults
title_full_unstemmed Cerebral and systemic physiological effects of wearing face masks in young adults
title_short Cerebral and systemic physiological effects of wearing face masks in young adults
title_sort cerebral and systemic physiological effects of wearing face masks in young adults
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8522266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34607955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2109111118
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