Listening to Music during Warming-Up Counteracts the Negative Effects of Ramadan Observance on Short-Term Maximal Performance

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 8; p. e0136400
• Main Authors: Aloui, Asma, Briki, Walid, Baklouti, Hana, Chtourou, Hamdi, Driss, Tarak, Chaouachi, Anis, Chamari, Karim, Souissi, Nizar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 24.08.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Anxiety; Anxiety - physiopathology; Anxiety - therapy; Athletes; Bioengineering; Biomechanics; Body mass; Cognitive ability; Emotional behavior; Exercise; Exercise Test - psychology; Fasting; Fasting - physiology; Fasting - psychology; Health aspects; Human health and pathology; Humans; Imaging; Islam; Laboratories; Life Sciences; Listening; Male; Mechanics; Medicine; Motivation; Music; Music Therapy; Muslims; Physical education; Physics; Physiological aspects; Physiology; Short term; Studies; Teaching methods; Tissues and Organs; Qatar; Tunisia; Sunset; Analyse du Mouvement en Biomécanique Physiologie et Imagerie; Experimental design; Normal distribution; Anxiety; Cognition; Music perception; Music cognition; Sports

The aim of the present study was to examine whether listening to music during warming-up might influence short-term maximal performance (STMP), cognitive anxiety, self-confidence, and enjoyment during Ramadan, and whether these affects might predict STMP. Nine male physical education students (age:...