title: Influence of Different Kinds of Music on Walking in Children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different kinds of music on submaximal performance and exercise tolerance in healthy children by means of the 6-minute walking test (6MWT) and to explore the influence of gender.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-over study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-seven children performed 6MWT in four conditions (without music, with their preferred music, with slow and with fast music). Distance, cardio-respiratory parameters, perceived exertion rate, and amount of dyspnea were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Walked distance depended on the kind of music (p = .022). To listen to fast music promoted a longer distance when compared with slow music. Walked distance was not influenced by gender (p = .721) and there was no interaction between music and gender for walked distances (p = .069). The other parameters were not modified by music and gender.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Music influences submaximal performances without modifying exercise tolerance in healthy children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Music does modify submaximal performance in children.
authors: 1 Pôle de Pneumologie, ENT & Dermatologie, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium2 Service de Pneumologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium3 Service de Médecine physique et Réadaptation, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
authors: Gregory
authors: G
authors: Reychler
authors: Justine
authors: J
authors: Fabre
authors: Amandine
authors: A
authors: Lux
authors: Gilles
authors: G
authors: Caty
authors: Thierry
authors: T
authors: Pieters
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Liistro
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing / Q000379:methods; D016138:Walking / Q000523:psychology*