A study from Xi’an Jiaotong University (China), published in the journal Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, points out that exercising while wearing a mask can induce detrimental effects on the cardiovascular system, potentially generating adverse events such as cardiac arrhythmias and spontaneous pneumothorax.
Although the authors argue that sudden death associated with the use of a face mask during exercise is a “rare” event, they argue that the risk is “especially higher in those with existing cardiac comorbidities.” “In these cases, a mask designed specifically for runners, with few or no oxygen deficiency side effects, should be considered,” they insist.
Thus, these researchers are in line with the opinion of the World Health Organization (WHO), which on December 1, 2020 issued a series of recommendations in which it advised against the use of masks to practice intense sports because it could cause significant effects. cardiovascular and pulmonary negatives both in healthy people and in those with underlying respiratory diseases.
“People should not wear masks during vigorous-intensity physical activity because masks can reduce the ability to breathe comfortably,” states the United Nations international health agency. In its report, the WHO recalled that good ventilation and physical distancing of at least one meter during training is “essential”. Thus, if gyms cannot guarantee adequate distancing, ventilation and disinfection, the WHO urges them to close them temporarily.
The mask is not mandatory for the practice of individual sport
Last week, the Law on urgent prevention, containment and coordination measures to face the health crisis caused by COVID-19, known as the ‘new normality’ law, entered into force, where the obligation for people is maintained, to from the age of six, to wear a mask on public roads, in open-air spaces and in any closed space for public use or that is open to the public, including
It has been a cause of discomfort in the population and autonomous communities for imagining a summer with the beaches full of masks. However, the norm does contemplate the practice of individual sports as one of the exceptions to the mandatory use of masks.
The mask is mandatory in Galicia to do individual sports
Despite the state framework, the autonomous communities have the authority to establish their own procedures to combat the transmission of Covid-19. Thus, the Galician community made the decision to make the mask mandatory during the practice of individual sports.
Thus, the order of February 25, 2021, establishing specific prevention measures as a consequence of the evolution of the epidemiological situation derived from COVID-19 in the Autonomous Community of Galicia, established the following: “The obligation to The use of a mask will be required at all times during individual outdoor sports practice.
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