Institut de Recherche Expérimentale Et Clinique (IREC), Pôle de Pneumologie, ORL Et Dermatologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 55, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.
Service de Pneumologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.
Eur J Pediatr. 2022 Jun;181(6):2311-2317. doi: 10.1007/s00431-022-04430-x. Epub 2022 Mar 3.
Only a few data associated to wearability of facemask during exercise are available in children. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of wearing a facemask on perceived exertion (primary aim), dyspnea, physical performance, and cardiorespiratory response during a submaximal exercise test in children aged between 8 and 12 years. This study was performed in 2021 in healthy volunteer children from 8 to 12 years. They performed prospectively two 1-min sit-to-stand tests (STST), with or without a surgical facemask. The perceived exertion (modified Borg scale), dyspnea (Dalhousie scale), heart rate, and pulsed oxygen saturation were recorded before and after STST. The STST measured the submaximal performance. Thirty-eight healthy children were recruited (8-9 years: n = 19 and 10-11 years: n = 19). After the STST, the perceived exertion increased with or without a facemask (8-9 years group: + 1 [0.6; 1.4] and + 1.6 [1.0; 2.1] - 10-11 years group: + 1.3 [0.7; 1.8] and + 1.9 [1.3; 2.6]) and it was higher with the facemask. The difference between the two conditions in perceived exertion was not clinically relevant in any group (mBorgf: 0.56 pts and 0.68 pts, respectively). The different domains of dyspnea assessed with Dalhousie scale were not influenced by the facemask. The submaximal performance measured by the STST was not changed by the mask whatever the age group. The cardio-respiratory demand was not clinically modified.Conclusion: The surgical facemask had no impact on dyspnea, cardiorespiratory parameters, and exercise performance during a short submaximal exercise in healthy children.
只有少数关于儿童在运动中佩戴口罩的舒适度的数据。本研究的目的是评估在 8 至 12 岁儿童的亚极量运动试验中佩戴口罩对面部舒适度（主要目的）、呼吸困难、身体表现和心肺反应的影响。这项研究于 2021 年在 8 至 12 岁的健康志愿者儿童中进行。他们前瞻性地进行了两次 1 分钟的坐站测试（STST），一次佩戴手术口罩，一次不佩戴。在 STST 前后记录面部舒适度（改良 Borg 量表）、呼吸困难（达尔豪西量表）、心率和脉冲血氧饱和度。STST 测量了亚极量表现。共招募了 38 名健康儿童（8-9 岁组：n = 19 人；10-11 岁组：n = 19 人）。STST 后，无论是否佩戴口罩，面部舒适度均增加（8-9 岁组：+1 [0.6；1.4] 和+1.6 [1.0；2.1]；10-11 岁组：+1.3 [0.7；1.8] 和+1.9 [1.3；2.6]），并且佩戴口罩后更高。在任何一组中，两种情况下的面部舒适度差异均无临床意义（mBorgf：分别为 0.56 分和 0.68 分）。呼吸困难的不同评估域均不受口罩影响。无论年龄组如何，STST 测量的亚极量性能均不受口罩影响。心肺需求无明显改变。结论：在健康儿童进行的短暂亚极量运动中，手术口罩对面部舒适度、心肺参数和运动表现没有影响。
