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ArticlePhysiological reports2025

N95 masks increase brain blood velocity and parasympathetic outflow, yet worsen orthostatic symptoms in a healthy cohort.

Tania J Pereira, Heather Edgell

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Article in Physiological reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Tania J PereiraSchool of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8350-0366
Heather EdgellSchool of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8865-1921

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 2016-05289Ontario Graduate ScholarshipSusan Mann Dissertation Scholarship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mask wearing became commonplace in everyday life during the COVID-19 pandemic and masks are frequently used in certain professions. Masks can increase end-tidal CO

Indexed as

BrainCerebrovascular CirculationMasksN95 RespiratorsOrthostatic IntoleranceAdultBlood Flow VelocityBlood PressureCOVID-19FemaleHumansMaleMiddle Cerebral ArteryYoung Adultbrain blood flowmask wearingorthostatic intolerancesymptomstilt table testing

Identifiers

PMID40534183
PMCPMC12177107

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