Archive | 2019
The Effect of Tempo of Musical Treatment and Acute Exercise on Vascular Tension and Cardiovascular Performance: A Case Study on Trained Non-Athletes
Abstract
The higher incidence of hypertension strongly and significantly associated with unhealthy lifestyle and lack of physical exercise. This study aimed to investigate the fundamental correlation between musical tempo and physiological response particularly on vascular tension and cardiorespiratory activity in the nonathletes. This pre-posttest randomized design study involving non-athletes with age ranged from 19-21 years old, resting cardiac 60-80 beat/minute, maximal oxygen consumption (VO2 max) 37- 49 ml/KgBW, average body mass index (BMI) and hemoglobin level (Hb), and without smoking history. The experimental data were collected from 60 participants that divided into four criteria. The placebo was treated with high exercise in the acute model while another group was exposed by moderate exercise with fast and slow musical tempo during treatment for 20 minutes. The monitoring of vascular tension and cardiovascular performance were done by using standardized clinical test. Importantly, the slow tempo of musical beat and acute moderate exercise model significantly decreased the vascular tension in cardiovascular activity without significant alteration in the lung activity. The pre-treatment with slow beat of musical tempo strongly correlated to vascular wall pressure. The systolic and diastolic pressure was significantly different among the group (P < 0.05). Moreover, the combination treatment in our study improved the primary effect of musical tempo and muscular stretch on heart rate and cardiovascular performance. Our preliminary study suggests that co-treatment of slow beat musical and acute moderate exercise can reduce the progression of hypertension in the trained non-athletes.