What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Other. Intervention: Music tempo (fast-paced and slow-paced music) vs. No music. Primary outcome: Heart rate increase from rest.

What does this research mean for the field?

Listening to faster-paced music increases heart rate during exercise more than exercising without music, whereas slower-paced music leads to a smaller increase in heart rate. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To determine how external auditory stimuli, particularly music tempo, influence heart rate responses during physical exertion.

September 30, 2026Open Access

The effects of external stimuli on your heartrate while exercising.

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Key result

Fast-paced music increases heart rate more than silence, whereas slow music blunts the rise.

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Why the study?

While exercise is known to increase heart rate, the modulation of this response by external stimuli such as music is less understood.

Does listening to fast-paced or slow-paced music alter heart rate increase from rest in humans exercising on a treadmill?

Population

10 participants running on a treadmill

Comparison

Fast-paced music vs slow-paced music vs no music

Design

Within-subject experimental study using smartwatches to monitor heart rate

Follow-up

5 minutes per condition

Authors

SMShahir Bassel Megallaa

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Implication

Small study suggests faster music may raise exercise heart rate; hypothesis-generating and requires larger trials before clinical consideration.

Key Points

To determine how external auditory stimuli, particularly music tempo, influence heart rate responses during physical exertion.
Monitored 10 participants running on a treadmill for 5 minutes across three conditions: fast-paced music, slow-paced music, and no music.
Tracked heart rate continuously before and during exercise using smartwatch sensors to evaluate changes relative to resting baseline.
Running while listening to fast-paced music induced a greater increase in heart rate from resting baseline compared to running without music.
Running while listening to slow-paced music produced a smaller heart rate increase from baseline than running in silence.

Structured PICO

Does listening to fast-paced or slow-paced music alter heart rate increase from rest in humans exercising on a treadmill?

Population

10 participants evaluated during a 5-minute treadmill run to assess the impact of music tempo on heart rate.

Intervention

Running on a treadmill for 5 minutes while listening to fast-paced music or slow-paced music

Comparator

Running on a treadmill for 5 minutes without any music

Outcome

Heart rate increase from rest measured using smartwatchessurrogate

Auditory cues such as music tempo can directly modulate cardiovascular exertion and heart rate during exercise.

Cite This Study

Shahir Bassel Megallaa (2026) studied this question. Music tempo (fast-paced and slow-paced music) vs. No music was evaluated on Heart rate increase from rest. Listening to fast-paced music caused a greater increase in heart rate from rest compared to no music, while slow-paced music resulted in a smaller increase.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6abc576efbfca106a1247ea6 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23022638

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Implication

Small study suggests faster music may raise exercise heart rate; hypothesis-generating and requires larger trials before clinical consideration.

The effects of external stimuli on your heartrate while exercising.

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Implication

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The effects of external stimuli on your heartrate while exercising.

Discussion

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Implication

Key Points

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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