Metabolism
Conditions
Brief summary
The objective of the study is to determine whether music has any effect on resting metabolic rate (RMR), which is the amount of energy expended at rest. There is currently conflicting research on how music affects RMR. One problem with RMR testing is that participants often fall asleep during the test. There can be a 5-10% difference in the metabolic rate between rest and sleep. If no change in RMR is observed, playing music during an RMR test could be a potential strategy to prevent participants from falling asleep. Participants will undergo RMR measurements while listening to no music, relaxing classical music, and self-selected classical music.
Interventions
OTHERNo Music
Participants lie supine on a table while no music is played.
OTHERRelaxing Classical Music
Participants lie supine on a table while classical music is played.
Participants lie supine on a table while self-selected relaxing music is played.
Sponsors
Old Dominion University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Exclusion criteria
* Any metabolic disorder, or significant cardiopulmonary disease * Taking medications that are known to affect RMR
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Resting Metabolic Rate | Participants will be randomized to three consecutive 15-minute trials involving listening to no music, classical music, or self-selected relaxing music. RMR will be measured continuously over each 15 min trial. | RMR will be measured via indirect calorimetry (Parvomedics TrueOne system) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heart rate | Participants will be randomized to three consecutive 15-minute trials involving listening to no music, classical music, or self-selected relaxing music. Heart rate will be measured continuously over each 15 min trial. | Heart rate will be measured with a Polar chest strap monitor |
| Excited/bored scale | Participants will be randomized to three consecutive 15-minute trials involving listening to no music, classical music, or self-selected relaxing music. Levels of boredom/excitement will be measured at the end of each 15 min trial. | Participants rate on a 0-9 Likert scale how bored or excited they are. |
| Sleepiness scale | Participants will be randomized to three consecutive 15-minute trials involving listening to no music, classical music, or self-selected relaxing music. Levels of sleepiness will be measured at the end of each 15 min trial. | Participants rate on a 0-9 Likert scale how sleepy they are. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed