Citation

Nakamura PM. Percept. Mot. Skills 2015; 120(3): 860-863.

Affiliation

1 Physical Activity, Sport and Health Laboratory (NAFES), Department of Physical Education São Paulo State University, Rio Claro, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.2466/29.PMS.120v20x5

PMID

26057422

Abstract

- Dyer and McKune (2013) stated that music tempo has no influence on performance, physiological, and psychophysical variables in well-trained cyclists during high intensity endurance tasks. However, there are important limitations in the methodology of the study. The participants' music preferences and tempo change were not well measured. It is not possible to affirm that music tempo does not influence athletes' performance. Potential areas of future research include: (a) use of instruments to assess the qualities of music; (b) standardizing music of tempo according to exercise type (e.g., running, cycling, etc.);

Language: en