A comparison of respiratory particle emission rates at rest and while speaking or exercising.
A comparison of respiratory particle emission rates at rest and while speaking or exercising.
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10.1038/s43856-022-00103-w
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2022
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Shah, Pallav L.
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Orton, Christopher M.;Symons, Henry E.;Moseley, Benjamin;Archer, Justice;Watson, Natalie A.;Philip, Keir E. J.;Sheikh, Sadiyah;Saccente-Kennedy, Brian;Costello, Declan;Browne, William J.;Calder, James D.;Bzdek, Bryan R.;Hull, James H.;Reid, Jonathan P.;Shah, Pallav L.
The coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic led to the prohibition of group-based exercise and the cancellation of sporting events. Evaluation of respiratory aerosol emissions is necessary to quantify exercise-related transmission risk and inform mitigation strategies. Aerosol mass emission rates are calculated from concurrent aerosol and ventilation data, enabling absolute comparison. An aerodynamic particle sizer (0.54–20 μm diameter) samples exhalate from within a cardiopulmonary exercise testing mask, at rest, while speaking and during cycle ergometer-based exercise. Exercise challenge testing is performed to replicate typical gym-based exercise and very vigorous exercise, as determined by a preceding maximally exhaustive exercise test. We present data from 25 healthy participants (13 males, 12 females; 36.4 years). The size of aerosol particles generated at rest and during exercise is similar (unimodal ~0.57–0.71 µm), whereas vocalization also generated aerosol particles of larger size (i.e. was bimodal ~0.69 and ~1.74 µm). The aerosol mass emission rate during speaking (0.092 ng s−1; minute ventilation (VE) 15.1 L min−1) and vigorous exercise (0.207 ng s−1, p = 0.726; VE 62.6 L min−1) is similar, but lower than during very vigorous exercise (0.682 ng s−1, p < 0.001; VE 113.6 L min−1). Vocalisation drives greater aerosol mass emission rates, compared to breathing at rest. Aerosol mass emission rates in exercise rise with intensity. Aerosol mass emission rates during vigorous exercise are no different from speaking at a conversational level. Mitigation strategies for airborne pathogens for non-exercise-based social interactions incorporating vocalisation, may be suitable for the majority of exercise settings. However, the use of facemasks when exercising may be less effective, given the smaller size of particles produced. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and other respiratory viruses are transmitted via respiratory particles emitted while breathing or speaking. Transmission of these viruses will depend in part on the rate at which these particles are emitted. Here, we studied respiratory particle sizes and emission rates in healthy people while breathing at rest, while speaking and during exercise on a static bicycle. We find that speaking generates larger particles and exercise generates smaller particles. The particle emission rate during speaking and typical gym-based exercise was similar but lower than values measured during very vigorous exercise. These findings help us to understand the emission of respiratory particles during different activities, and suggest that preventative measures for COVID-19 such as social distancing, used for non-exercise-based social interactions involving speaking, may be suitable for the majority of exercise settings. Orton and Symons et al. compare respiratory particle sizes and emission rates by sampling exhalates from participants at rest, and while speaking or exercising. They find that vocalisation produces larger particles and that while emission rates are similar between speaking and vigorous exercise, very vigorous exercise leads to higher rates.
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DOI:
10.1249/00005768-198205000-00012
发表时间:
1982-01-01
期刊:
MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE
影响因子:
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作者:
BORG, GAV
通讯作者:
BORG, GAV
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
Gregson, Florence K. A.;Sheikh, Sadiyah;Reid, Jonathan P.
通讯作者:
Reid, Jonathan P.
影响因子:
4.6
作者:
Cappa CD;Asadi S;Barreda S;Wexler AS;Bouvier NM;Ristenpart WD
通讯作者:
Ristenpart WD
影响因子:
120.7
作者:
Piercy, Katrina L.;Troiano, Richard P.;Ballard, Rachel M.;Carlson, Susan A.;Fulton, Janet E.;Galuska, Deborah A.;George, Stephanie M.;Olson, Richard D.
通讯作者:
Olson, Richard D.
影响因子:
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作者:
Leclerc, Quentin J;Fuller, Naomi M;Knight, Gwenan M
通讯作者:
Knight, Gwenan M