Effects of Music and Vibration on Morning Muscle Strength and Cognitive Measures in Males

Summary

Athletes often compete in the morning when they are biologically weaker; normally in competition heats or quarterfinals to qualify for the finals scheduled in the evening. Some athletes may even choose to perform at submaximal levels in these qualifying rounds, especially when they are expected to perform multiple times in the same day (such as weightlifting at the Olympic Games). Gross muscular performance such as power output or force production is greater in the evening than the morning (\~3-14% variation. Similarly, time-trial performance and repeated sprint performance (RSP) a good measure of performance in team sport) is \~3 and 5 % greater in the evening than the morning. To the best of our knowledge, no study has yet investigated combined effect of vibration technology after a warm-up or music of different frequencies during testing on cognitive and physiological performance. As a daily variation in muscle strength has been widely reported in a similar population the aims of the present study are to investigate if we can improve morning muscle performance by vibration technology after a warm-up or music of different frequencies during testing on cognitive and physiological performance.

Conditions

• Music Exposure
• NoMusic - Control
• Music Plus 15 Percent Tempo
• Whole Body Vibration
• WBV and Music

Interventions

OTHER

Original Music

\~20 Self-selected preferred "generally" motivational music between 110 to 130 bpm

OTHER

Music intervention

Same as 'Original Music' but time stretched by 15%

OTHER

Control

No Music

DEVICE

Whole-body vibration

Whole body vibration, for 15 minutes at 60Hz

DEVICE

Whole-body vibration and music

Whole-body vibration for 15 minutes at 60Hz, plus Original music intervention during performance

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Liverpool John Moores University

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-11-17

Primary Completion

2025-12-19

Completion

2026-02-27

Countries

• United Kingdom

Study Locations