Wearing a cloth face mask while exercising leads to worse performance, according to the results of a small trial.
It found that when donning a face covering, a person s exercise duration drops by 14 per cent while participants also recorded increased feelings of breathlessness and claustrophobia when exercising at higher intensities.
The results of the trial on 31 healthy adults have been published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM).
Thirty of the participants said that the task running on a treadmill to exhaustion was harder when wearing a face covering.
World Health Organization (WHO) guidance backs up the finding, stating: People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably .
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World-leading research and technology will be brought together to improve agriculture at a new agri-tech hub after a £74 million investment was announced.
The Easter Bush Agritech Hub will be supported by £27 million from the UK Government, £1.3 million from the Scottish Government, and £31.3 million from the University of Edinburgh, as partners of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal.
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Face masks are expected to still be in use until the end of the year at least, Sir Patrick warned.
Speaking alongside Boris Johnson at a Downing Street press conference yesterday, the chief scientific adviser suggested non-medical interventions , including masks, are likely to continue even if the UK s vaccination drive is successful.
He said: It’s possible that, coming into next winter in particular, certain things may be necessary. Tony Fauci yesterday said in the US that he thought that things like masks may be needed next winter. I think we’re in the same position, that it may be necessary next winter to have things like mask-wearing in certain situations.
IT’S too soon to start easing out of the lockdown, Nicola Sturgeon has warned. The First Minister was speaking after one of her scientific advisers said the success of Scotland’s vaccination programme should prompt an “earlier unlocking”. By 8.30am yesterday, a total of 1,354,966 Scots had received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine – an increase of 34,892 from the previous day. That included 95% of residents in all care homes and just about all of those over 75. The programme had also reached 92% of 70-74s, and 69% of 65-69s. Mark Woolhouse, professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Edinburgh, told a Commons committee that the numbers north of the Border were “looking really good”.