Trial reportScientific reports2019
A randomised clinical trial to evaluate the safety, fit, comfort of a novel N95 mask in children.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Who cites it
35 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Physio-metabolic and clinical consequences of wearing face masks-Systematic review with meta-analysis and comprehensive evaluation.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- The influence of N95 and FFP2 masks on cardiorespiratory variables in healthy individuals during aerobic exercise: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Wearing a Mask During Exercise on Physiological and Psychological Outcomes in Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Bayesian network meta-analysis of face masks' impact on human physiology.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Pooled it
- The Physiological Effects of Face Masks During Exercise Worn Due to COVID-19: A Systematic Review.Sports healthPooled it
- Trial
- Carbon dioxide rises beyond acceptable safety levels in children under nose and mouth covering: Results of an experimental measurement study in healthy children.Environmental research · 2022Trial
- Investigating the Effects of Protective Face Masks on the Respiratory Parameters of Children in the Postanesthesia Care Unit During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of perianesthesia nursing : official journal of the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses · 2022Trial
- Wearing a Surgical Face Mask Has Minimal Effect on Performance and Physiological Measures during High-Intensity Exercise in Youth Ice-Hockey Players: A Randomized Cross-Over Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Narrative review of wildfire smoke interventions: considering the unique vulnerabilities of children and pregnant individuals.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Review
- Risks and benefits of face masks in children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Preadolescent Children Using Real-Time Heart Rate During Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity: A Feasibility Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- The Effect of Wildfires on Asthma and Allergies.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2025Review
- Children's preferences for features and designs of KN95-style respirators: A comparative study between Indonesia and Nepal.PloS one · 2025Article
- The influence of N95 and surgical masks on carbon dioxide levels: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2024Article
- The real-world effectiveness of preschoolers wearing masks on campus to prevent respiratory infectious diseases: a cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The Difference in Electromyographic Activity While Wearing a Medical Mask in Women with and without Temporomandibular Disorders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Investigation of the Thermal Comfort Properties of Masks Used during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Children are more vulnerable to the risks of air pollution, including susceptibility to acquiring chronic diseases in their developing lungs. Despite these, there are no specific masks designed for and tested in children that are available to protect our young from the common particulate air pollutants today. We evaluated safety, fit and comfort of a specially designed paediatric N95 mask with an optional micro ventilator (micro fan, MF) in healthy children aged 7-14 years, in a randomized, two-period crossover design. The subjects' cardiorespiratory physiological measurements were assessed in different states of physical activity under different interventions (mask without and with MF). A total of 106 subjects were recruited between July-August 2016. The use of the mask without MF increased the End-Tidal CO
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