Physiological and Perceptual Effects of Music on Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR)

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Metabolism
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: No Music; Other: Relaxing Classical Music; Other: Self-Selected Relaxing Music

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 32
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Virginia
    • Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23529
      • Human Performance Laboratory

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any metabolic disorder, or significant cardiopulmonary disease
• Taking medications that are known to affect RMR

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: No Music	Other: No Music; Participants lie supine on a table while no music is played.
Experimental: Relaxing Classical Music	Other: Relaxing Classical Music; Participants lie supine on a table while classical music is played.
Experimental: Self-Selected Relaxing Music	Other: Self-Selected Relaxing Music; Participants lie supine on a table while self-selected relaxing music is played.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Daily Resting Metabolic Rate	RMR will be measured via indirect calorimetry (Parvomedics TrueOne system)	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.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Heart rate	Heart rate will be measured with a Polar chest strap monitor	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.
Excited/bored scale	Participants rate on a 0-9 Likert scale how bored or excited they are.	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.
Sleepiness scale	Participants rate on a 0-9 Likert scale how sleepy they are.	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.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Old Dominion University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 5, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 3, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): October 3, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 23, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 25, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): July 27, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): December 20, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: December 18, 2017
• Last Verified: December 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 1082672-3

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No