ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Listening to Preferred Music Improved Running Performance without Changing the Pacing Pattern during a 6 Minute Run Test with Young Male Adults.
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- Effects of listening to music during aerobic exercise on performance, fatigue, and psychological responses in physically active adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Pooled it
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- Effect of listening to preferred music at different frequencies during warmup on physical performance and psychophysiological responses in male athletes.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effects of Music Choice on Performance and Psychophysiological Responses to Exercise-A Scoping Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
- Effects of preferred music listening on physical and psychological parameters in sports: a systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Beta frequency binaural beats combined with preferred music enhance combat performance and recovery responses in amateur kickboxers: a randomized crossover trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Musical activity in a subsample of the German National Cohort study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Combined Effects of Listening to Preferred Music and Video Feedback, during Warm-Up, on Physical Performance in Young Kickboxers.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Single and Combined Effects of Preferred Music and Endpoint Knowledge on Jump Performance in Basketball Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Music Alters Conscious Distance Monitoring without Changing Pacing and Performance during a Cycling Time Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Listening to music during a repeated sprint test improves performance and psychophysiological responses in healthy and physically active male adults.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2023Article
- The Effects of Preferred Music and Its Timing on Performance, Pacing, and Psychophysiological Responses During the 6-min Test.Journal of human kinetics · 2022Article
- The Influence of Music Preference on Exercise Responses and Performance: A Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Several studies have investigated the effects of music on both submaximal and maximal exercise performance at a constant work-rate. However, there is a lack of research that has examined the effects of music on the pacing strategy during self-paced exercise. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of preferred music on performance and pacing during a 6 min run test (6-MSPRT) in young male adults. Twenty healthy male participants volunteered for this study. They performed two randomly assigned trials (with or without music) of a 6-MSPRT three days apart. Mean running speed, the adopted pacing strategy, total distance covered (TDC), peak and mean heart rate (HRpeak, HRmean), blood lactate (3 min after the test), and rate of perceived exertion (RPE) were measured. Listening to preferred music during the 6-MSPRT resulted in significant TDC improvement (Δ10%;
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