Effect of Stimulative, Sedative, Mix and Brain-waves Stimulator Music on Improving Athletic Performance in Adult women

  The use of various types of music in the exercise and rehabilitation field has been considered, but the results of the studies differ in their effectiveness. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of listening to four kinds of music (relaxing, brain wave stimulator, exciting and mixed) on improving athletic performance during exhausting physical activity in
adult women. In order to investigate the study’s purpose, ten physical education students at Kharazmi University with age, height and weight average of 22.70±1.63 yr., 162.70±4.05 cm and 60.70±7.30 kg were selected. The subjects performed the Bruce treadmill exercise protocol until they reached to exhausting state into five physical activity without music (control), physical activity with relaxing music, physical activity with exciting music, physical activity with Brain-waves Stimulator music and physical activity with mixed music groups, during non-sequential days assigned in a randomized cross over design. Immediately after the completion of the exercise protocol, the blood lactate, heart rate, physical activity time to exhaustion, maximal oxygen consumption, fatigue severity, ratings of perceived vigor, ratings of perceived fatigue, ratings of perceived exertion, and brain information processing were evaluated Statistical analyses were done by analysis of variance with repeated measure (ANOVA R.M.) and post hoc LSD tests at significance level of 0.05. The results of this study showed that in some values, such as blood lactate levels, in all three types of mix music, exciting music, and brain-waves stimulator music groups, were more than physical activity without music, but this difference was not significant. In some cases, such as physical activity time to exhaustion, ratings of perceived exertion, ratings of perceived vigor, ratings of perceived fatigue and maximal oxygen consumption the results indicate that there was a significant difference between the experimental and control group (p<0.05). There was no significant difference in heart rate (p = 0.556). Conclusion According to the results of this research, it seems that exciting and brain-waves stimulator music has been effective in improving exercise performance, but the effect of mix music is more than brain-waves stimulator music and exciting. In general, it could be concluded that listening to the exciting, brain-waves stimulator, and mixed music during exhausting physical activity causes energy balance, reduces one’s perception of exertion and time and increases athletic efficiency HPA and SAM axes