ArticleEuropean journal of clinical investigation2021
Exercise testing in COVID-19 era: Clinical profile, results and feasibility wearing a facemask.
Article in European journal of clinical investigation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06437301 (End Tidal CO2 and Masks), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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End Tidal CO2 and Masks: Is There a Correlation?
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Physiological Effects of Face Masks During Exercise Worn Due to COVID-19: A Systematic Review.Sports healthPooled it
- Risks and benefits of face masks in children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- The Impact of Medical Face Masks and Rehabilitation Duration on the Performance Output and Outcomes of Cardiologic Rehabilitants.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Complications of exercise and pharmacologic stress echocardiography.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
- Effect of Face Masks on Physiological and Perceptual Responses during 30 Minutes of Self-Paced Exercise in Older Community Dwelling Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Cardiovascular disease and COVID-19, a deadly combination: A review about direct and indirect impact of a pandemic.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Review
- Feasibility, efficacy and safety of exercise stress echocardiography during the COVID-19 pandemic.Open heart · 2022Article
- Exercise testing in COVID-19 era: Clinical profile, results and feasibility wearing a facemask.European journal of clinical investigation · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundNo data are available about whether Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have led to changes in clinical profiles or results of exercise testing once the usual activity was reassumed, as well as if wearing a facemask has any impact on the tests. The aim of this study is to evaluate differences in the patients referred to exercise stress testing in the context of COVID-19 pandemic and analyse the feasibility and results of these tests wearing a facemask.
methodsWe included all patients referred for an exercise test from 1 June to 30 September 2020 and compared them with the patients attended within the same period in 2019 before and after propensity score matching. All patients referred in 2020 wore a facemask.
resultsA total of 854 patients were included: 398 in the 2020 group and 456 in 2019. No significant differences in baseline characteristics of the patients were observed, with the exception of dyspnoea, which was nearly twice as high in 2020 as compared with 2019. Regarding the results of the tests, no differences were observed, with almost 80% of maximal tests, similar functional capacity and over a 20% of positive exercise tests in both groups. These results remained after propensity score matching.
conclusionCOVID-19 pandemic has not changed the clinical profile of patients referred to exercise testing. In addition, performing exercise testing wearing a facemask is feasible, with no influence in functional capacity and clinical results.
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