DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20203408

Wearing of face masks while jogging during the COVID-19 pandemic: will my oxygenation decrease?

Frederic Ivan Ting, Justine Villanueva

Abstract


Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, several guidelines recommend the wearing of face masks when outdoors. However, it is still widely debated if that recommendation is safe while exercising outdoors. Our paper shows that the wearing of face masks while jogging outdoors does not significantly affect the level of the person’s oxygen saturation.

Keywords


Face masks, Jogging, COVID-19

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