Comparison the Effects of Listening to Three Types of Music during Exercise on Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, Rating of Perceived Exertion and Fatigue Onset Time

Research in Exercise and Sports Medicine

دوره 3، شماره 1، بهمن 2012، صفحه 15-20   

نوع مقاله: Original Article

چکیده

Introduction: The present study aimed at investigating the effects of listening to three types of music during 
exercise on heart rate, blood pressure, rating of perceived exertion (RPE) and fatigue onset time.
Material and Methods: 15 female students of physical education with the mean age of 21.93±2.43 year's 
height of 161.8±5.22 centimeters and weight of 54.46±7.27 kilograms were randomly selected as the 
participants from 45 volunteers. After warm-up, the participants started pedaling at 80-85% of maximum heart 
rate until exhaustion. The participants performed this exercise on four different days (with a one-week 
interval). The first exercise session was performed without listening to music, the second session was 
accompanied with some exciting music, the third session was held with soft, relaxing music and the last one 
with arbitrary music. RPE was recorded every 3 minutes during the exercise. After exhaustion, RPE, heart rate, 
systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and fatigue onset time were recorded. One-way ANOVA (F) was used to 
analyze the data and LSD test was run to compare the differences (P≤0.05). 
Results: Listening to exciting music during exercise significantly affects heart rate, RPE and fatigue onset 
time but not systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Listening to relaxing music during exercise significantly 
affects heart rate and systolic blood pressure but not diastolic blood pressure, RPE and fatigue onset time. 
Listening to arbitrary music, as selected by the participants themselves, during exercise significantly affects 
heart rate, systolic blood pressure, RPE and fatigue onset time but not diastolic blood pressure. 
Discussion and Conclusion: Understanding the effects of music genre on the variables examined may help 
the athletes select a proper genre of music based on the type of exercise they do. For example, listening to 
exciting and arbitrary types of music significantly increases heart rate while relaxing music significantly 
decreases heart rate. 

کلیدواژه‌ها

Music؛ Heart rate؛ Blood pressure؛ Rating of perceived exertion؛ Fatigue onset time