Exploring the effects of wearing facemasks on stair safety characteristics in young adults
Simple adjustments (pinching the nose clip) to a Type IIR facemask have the benefit of reducing the lower visual field occlusion an unadjusted mask creates, and helps improve stair safety characteristics in young adults.
Authors
- Richard J. Foster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2410-9839)
- Timmion K. Skervin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6746-7420)
- Elmar Kal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1481-3016)
- Rebecca L. Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1977-9547)
- Toby J. Ellmers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9595-6360)
- William R. Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5064-8601)
- Constantinos N. Maganaris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1786-8047)
- Mark A. Hollands (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4043-1839)
- Emily Wharton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7045-732X)
- Neil M. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0789-9173)
Institutions
- University of Exeter (GB)
- Total (Germany) (DE)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
- Brunel University of London (GB)
- Liverpool John Moores University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324333
- Primary Topic
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00