Effects of Music Intervention on Stress in Concussed and Non-Concussed Athletes

Brain Sciences

Diana Tat¹  Nathalie Gosselin¹  Camille Léonard¹  Louis De Beaumont²  Jeanne Marie Desaulniers-Simon³ 

[1]Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada

[2]Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC H3T 1J4, Canada

[3]International Laboratory for Brain, Music and Sound Research (BRAMS), Outremont, QC H2V 2S9, Canada

关键词: sport-related concussion;    athletes;    stress;    musical intervention;    music;    emotions;   

DOI  :  10.3390/brainsci11111501

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Sport-related concussion is a serious public health issue affecting millions of individuals each year. Among the many negative side effects, emotional symptoms, such as stress, are some of the most common. Stress management is repeatedly cited by expert groups as an important intervention for this population. It was shown that music has relaxing effects, reducing stress through the activation of brain areas involved in emotions and pleasure. The objective of this study was to explore the effects of a music-listening intervention compared with silence on experimentally induced stress in concussed and non-concussed athletes. To this aim, four groups of athletes (non-concussed music, non-concussed silence, concussed music, and concussed silence) performed the Trier Social Stress Test, for which both physiological (skin conductance level) and self-reported stress measurements were taken. No significant difference was found in the pattern of stress recovery for self-reported measurements. However, the skin conductance results showed greater and faster post-stress recovery after listening to music compared with silence for concussed athletes only. Taken together, these results suggest that music could be an efficient stress management tool to implement in the everyday life of concussed athletes to help them prevent stress accumulation.

【 授权许可】

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