Aerosol generation and aerosol distributaion during woodwind instrument playing
- Conditions
- Aerosol generation wind players
- Registration Number
- DRKS00023336
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitätsmedizin Greifswald
- Brief Summary
We calculated aerosol emission rates showing uniform distribution for both instrument groups. Aerosol emission from wind instrument playing ranged from 11 ± 288 particles/second (P/s) up to 2535 ± 195 P/s, expectation value ± uncertainty standard deviation. The analysis of aerosol particle size distributions shows that 70–80% of emitted particles had a size of 0.25–0.8 µm and thus are alveolar.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 49
Inclusion Criteria
Professional instrumental training
Exclusion Criteria
Acute or chronic respiratory diseases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Measurement of aerosol quantity, aerosol sizes and aerosol distribution during wind instrumental playing of oboe and flute over a period of 20 minutes using aerosol spectrometers at distances of 50 cm, 1.5 m and 3 m.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Comparison of aerosol production when playing instruments with aerosol production when speaking and breathing.