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The Acute Effects of Aerobic Dance Exercise with and without Face Mask Use on Attention, Perceived Exertion and Mood States

Maamer Slimani^1,2,*, Nicola Bragazzi³, Amri Hammami², Hela Znazen⁴, Qian Yu^5,6, Zhaowei Kong⁶, Liye Zou⁵

1 Postgraduate School of Public Health, Department of Health Sciences (DISSAL), Genoa University, Genoa, 16132, Italy
2 Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Ksar Said, University of Manouba, Manouba, Tunisia
3 Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (LIAM), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
4 Department of Physical Education and Sport, College of Education, Taif University, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia
5 Exercise Psychophysiology Laboratory, Institute of KEEP Collaborative Innovation, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518052, China
6 Faculty of Education, University of Macau, Macao, China

* Corresponding Author: Maamer Slimani. Email: