Ignasi de Yzaguirre i Maura , Diego Dulanto Zabala , Mauricio Monaco , Jordi Santiago Garcia , Montse Ribas Miralles , Gonzalo Grazioli
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Abstract
We compared electrocardiograms (ECGs) findings with one year difference between each other with and without use of face mask at the moment to be tested. The first ECG was done one year before without face mask, and the second ECG with a mask one year later after 3 months of mandatory use for epidemiological COVID-19 pandemic justifications in healthy youth elite athletes.
Results
Regarding heart rate variability (HRV), an increase in RMSSD was recorded when the test was performed with a mask (M): 108.5 ± 90 ms vs. No mask (NM): 72.9 ± 54.2 ms (p <0.002). And also an increase in SDNN, when the test was done with a M: 86.2 ± 47.2 ms vs. NM: 65.9 ± 43.5 ms (p <0.036).
Conclusions
The results on ECG are consistent with the increasing predominance of parasympathetic regulation, which is responsible for regulation of the autonomic loop when the subject is using face mask.