NCT00804700

Impact of Two Methods of Listening to Music During Exercise on Perceived Exertion and Overall Physical Activity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 46 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Georgetown University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to compare two different methods of listening to music while performing aerobic exercise: synchronous music listening vs. asynchronous music listening. Synchronous music listening while exercising is a learned activity where the participant moves his or her body in synchrony with the beat of the music, similar to dancing or to participating in a group exercise (aerobics) class. Our hypothesis is that synchronous music listening reduces the level of perceived exertion to the exercise and motivates the subject to exercise more often. This study randomly assigns 46 subjects, age 20-55 years old to either a control group of listening to their own favorite music in an asynchronous fashion or to an intervention group of listening to prepared music in a synchronous fashion over a six week period.

Conditions

• Sedentary Lifestyle

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Active teaching in synchronous listening to music while exercising	Subjects will be instructed to exercise while listening to four audio tutorials that are stored on their MP-3 player. These tutorials guide the subject on how to synchronize his or her body movements to the beat of the music.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-12-01
• Primary completion: 2009-06-01
• Completion: 2009-06-01
• First posted: 2008-12-09
• Last updated: 2010-04-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States