ArticleTranslational vision science & technology2021
Retina Vascular Perfusion Dynamics During Exercise With and Without Face Masks in Healthy Young Adults: An OCT Angiography Study.
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- Physio-metabolic and clinical consequences of wearing face masks-Systematic review with meta-analysis and comprehensive evaluation.Frontiers in public health · 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
- Effect of N95 Respirator on Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Physiologic Response: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Choriocapillaris Perfusion after 8 Weeks of High-Speed Circuit Training in Older Healthy Adults.Current eye research · 2024Trial
- Decreased retinal capillary density as a beneficial response to 24-week high-speed circuit resistant training in healthy older adults.Microvascular research · 2024Trial
- Normative Database and Determinants of Retinal and Choroidal Vessel Density in Tibetan Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Risks and benefits of face masks in children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Assessment of the effect of physical activity on intraocular pressure using a novel implanted telemetric pressure sensor.The British journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Data Harmonization, Standardization, and Collaboration for Diabetic Retinal Disease (DRD) Research: Report From the 2024 Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative Workshop on Data.Translational vision science & technology · 2024Article
- Effects of voluntary and forced physical exercise on the retinal health of aging Wistar rats.GeroScience · 2024Article
- Gold Nanoparticles for Retinal Molecular Optical Imaging.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- The optical coherence tomography angiography study on paediatric COVID-19 cases.Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy · 2022Article
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Abstract
Purpose: To determine possible impacts on retinal microvasculature in healthy young adults during exercise with a face mask, using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Methods: Twenty-three healthy participants (23 eyes, 17 women and 6 men) performed the incremental continuous running test (ICRT) with different masks. OCTA of the macula and optic nerve head were performed before and after ICRT to detect changes in retinal vessel density (VD). All participants were in groups A, B, and C (before ICRT) and groups A', B', and C' (after ICRT), which comprised data from volunteers without a mask, with a surgical mask, and with an N95 mask, respectively. Results: Before ICRT, group C showed significantly reduced VD in the superficial plexus (SP), except foveal VD, compared with group A (P < 0.05). After ICRT, groups B' and C' showed significantly shorter maximum running time, lower oxygen saturation, and lower perifoveal VD of SP compared with group A' (P < 0.05). Conclusions: Use of an N95 mask reduced VD in SP even under quiescent conditions, which might have clinical implications for protecting healthy workers and indoor manual labor workers from potential risks of retinal damage due to long-term mask use. Moreover, mask use while exercising might lead to attenuated exercise ability and lower VD in SP, which should be investigated in additional studies. Translational Relevance: Retina vascular perfusion dynamics could be monitored in vivo by OCTA, which would be valuable to study physiologic retinal blood flow redistribution and potential impacts on retinal vascular perfusion during exercise with face masks.
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