ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Improvement of Motor Task Performance: Effects of Verbal Encouragement and Music-Key Results from a Randomized Crossover Study with Electromyographic Data.
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- Societal attitudes and structural barriers in coaching para-athletes: A mixed-methods systematic review.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
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- Effects of Music Choice on Performance and Psychophysiological Responses to Exercise-A Scoping Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
- Electromyography After Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review of Neuromuscular Alterations and Functional Movement Patterns.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- EMG-assessed paratonia: A novel approach to investigating motor response inhibition in healthy subjects.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
External motivational stimuli have been shown to improve athletic performance. However, the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying this improvement remain poorly understood. This randomized crossover study investigated the effects of music and verbal encouragement on measures of muscle excitation and myoelectric manifestations of fatigue in the biceps brachii and brachioradialis muscles during an endurance task. Fifteen untrained (mean age 29.57 ± 2.77 years) and 13 trained individuals (mean age 32.92 ± 2.90 years) were included. The endurance task, performed to exhaustion, consisted of keeping the dominant arm flexed to 90 degrees while holding a dumbbell loaded to 80% of 1RM with a supine grip in three randomized conditions: standard, with self-selected music, and with verbal encouragement. The untrained subjects showed an increase in task duration of 15.26% (
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