Effects of Synchronous Music Intervention Duration on Maximal Aerobic Speedin Female Students of Physical Education Classes

Music act as ergogenic aid able to enhance the physiological and psychological status of participants during sport-related activities and physical exercise. Music is used synchronously to accompany repetitive endurance tasks such as cycle ergometer, walking and running. Maximal Aerobic Speed (MAS), defined as the minimum speed required to elicit maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) during a graded exercise test, has also been validated outside of the laboratory as a field test. Previous study calculated that the most suitable duration for measuring maximal aerobic speed by a field test was 5 min.For years, mostly the effects of music on cardiovascular endurance performance was related to volume; type and tempo of the music been studied. However, to the best of our knowledge there have been no studies to date that examined the effect of music intervention duration on maximal aerobic speed during the physical education classes. As such, the primary aim of this study was to assess and compare the Maximal Aerobic Speed between intervention duration groups with music. A total of 207 female students enrolled in the Physical Education courses at Saigon University were recruited in current study.They were randomly divided into three groups: Intervention group 1, with 15 weeks of synchronous music throughout the whole semester (69 students); intervention group 2 with 7 weeks of synchronous music (69 students); and a control group (69 students). Results revealed that there was no significant main effect of Group on overall MAS performance (F (1,204) =.86, p=.43, eta p2= .008). Descriptive statistics showed that the groups (15week group: Mean=825.65, SD=64.61; 7-week group: Mean=827.10, SD=63.34) with music intervention performed better in MAS performance compared to the control group (Mean=806.38, SD=55.97). From looking at the graph we can see that all groups showed a similarly upward trend between Pre-Post Intervention. The results of this study revealed that popular music has no effect on MAS performance in the students attended the physical education classes for 15 weeks.