BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of work addressing the distractive, affect-enhancing, and motivational influences of music and video in combination during exercise. PURPOSE: We examined the effects of music and music-and-video on a range of psychological and psychophysical variables during treadmill running at intensities above and below ventilatory threshold (VT). METHODS: Participants (N = 24) exercised at 10 % of maximal capacity below VT and 10 % above under music-only, music-and-video, and control conditions. RESULTS: There was a condition × intensity × time interaction for perceived activation and state motivation, and an intensity × time interaction for state attention, perceived exertion (RPE), and affective valence. The music-and-video condition elicited the highest levels of dissociation, lowest RPE, and most positive affective responses regardless of exercise intensity. CONCLUSIONS: Attentional manipulations influence psychological and psychophysical variables at exercise intensities above and below VT, and this effect is enhanced by the combined presentation of auditory and visual stimuli.
BACKGROUND: There is a paucity of work addressing the distractive, affect-enhancing, and motivational influences of music and video in combination during exercise. PURPOSE: We examined the effects of music and music-and-video on a range of psychological and psychophysical variables during treadmill running at intensities above and below ventilatory threshold (VT). METHODS:Participants (N = 24) exercised at 10 % of maximal capacity below VT and 10 % above under music-only, music-and-video, and control conditions. RESULTS: There was a condition × intensity × time interaction for perceived activation and state motivation, and an intensity × time interaction for state attention, perceived exertion (RPE), and affective valence. The music-and-video condition elicited the highest levels of dissociation, lowest RPE, and most positive affective responses regardless of exercise intensity. CONCLUSIONS: Attentional manipulations influence psychological and psychophysical variables at exercise intensities above and below VT, and this effect is enhanced by the combined presentation of auditory and visual stimuli.
Authors: Brian C Rider; David R Bassett; Kelley Strohacker; Brittany S Overstreet; Eugene C Fitzhugh; Hollie A Raynor Journal: J Sports Sci Med Date: 2016-08-05 Impact factor: 2.988