Data show recreational exercise when wearing a face mask is safe, with some caveats

CHICAGO — In a review of studies that examined performance and safety when participants wore COVID-19 face masks during exercise, researchers found such exercise safe and did not affect or cause significant physiologic changes in athletes.
At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Cordelia W. Carter, MD, FAAOS, FAOA, associate professor of orthopedic surgery at NYU School of Medicine, and colleagues presented their research into the safety of mask wear during exercise and the ways, if any, that mask wear affects performance.
Carter told Healio, “What we’re

CHICAGO — In a review of studies that examined performance and safety when participants wore COVID-19 face masks during exercise, researchers found such exercise safe and did not affect or cause significant physiologic changes in athletes.
At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Cordelia W. Carter, MD, FAAOS, FAOA, associate professor of orthopedic surgery at NYU School of Medicine, and colleagues presented their research into the safety of mask wear during exercise and the ways, if any, that mask wear affects performance.
Carter told Healio, “What we’re