The innovative approach of using music for health and sport: from conceptual underpinnings to applications

Music has the ability to improve personal health, physical education and sports performance. Researchers have suggested that music should be carefully selected to match the requirements of activities and characteristics of both individuals and groups, to produce significant impacts on performance enhancement and motivation. Music has also been shown to have psychophysical effects of lowered perceived effort, arousal control, enhanced affective states and synchronisation effects. Certain music can elevate arousal, and increase beta waves, indicating an actively engaged mind. Conversely, arousing music can suppress theta waves that are associated with the daydreaming state, allowing them to ‘pump up’ and avoid tiredness. Soothing music, on the other hand, raises alpha waves that are seen during a state of meditation or relaxation. This presentation will provides an overview of the key concepts, theory, underlying mechanisms, empirical research, and application relevant to the use of music in health and sport. A theoretical model will be presented that practitioners can use as a reference point in the design of music-related interventions. This leads into consideration of the mechanisms—emotional, perceptual, and rhythmrelated—that underlie the effects of music in health and sport. Throughout this presentation, the taxonomy of pretask, in-task, and post-task applications of music serves as a common denominator to aid the absorbability of the material. The centrepiece of these presentation is to provide a new framework that presents factors relevant to optimizing music selection in health and sport.

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