Comparison of the effect of Heart Rate Recovery after Six Minute Walk Test with a cloth mask and a surgical mask in healthy individuals. A Comparative Study.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/11/037782
- Lead Sponsor
- Ruchi Surendra Rao
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 23
The inclusion criteria include participants
from the age 20-25 years , both males and females, and no history of chronic illness
including arthritis, diabetes, hypertension, cancer, heart attack, chronic cough, and
bronchitis and also no history of smoking.
The participants will be excluded in case of
subjects with acute systemic condition which may hinder the test ,subjects with
physical training, significant drop (20 mm Hg) in systolic blood pressure or a failure
of the systolic blood pressure to rise with an increase in exercise intensity, excessive
rise in blood pressure: systolic pressure > 260 mm Hg or diastolic pressure > 115
mm Hg , signs of poor perfusion: light headedness, confusion, ataxia, pallor, cyanosis,
nausea or cold and clammy skin.
Subject requests to withdraw from the test, physical or verbal manifestation of severe
fatigue. History of travel to another country/state within 14 days prior to the
experiment and/or close contact with a patient confirmed positive for COVID-19 by
RT-PCR test.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pre-test baseline HR and Heart Rate Recovery(HRR) will be evaluated post-six minute walk test with the help of a pulse oximeter starting from 0 minute to the end of 3rd minute on both the days wearing masks.Timepoint: 0 minute to the end of 3rd minute post six minute walk test
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method BMITimepoint: According to the height and weight of the participant during the test days.