Rehabilitation ExerciseMUSICareNCT07305389
The MUSICare Project: Effects of Differentiated Music Exposure on Exercise-Related Affect Among Cardiac Rehabilitation Inpatients
A study testing Music listening during physical exercise in people with Rehabilitation Exercise, run by Elena Tessitore at 1 site in Switzerland.
Trial summary
Affective phenomena, such as core affect, remembered pleasure, or forecasted pleasure, play a key role in promoting physical activity (PA) behaviour, especially among inpatients. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 50 to 75 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Rehabilitation Exercise
- What is being tested?
- Music listening during physical exercise
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 72 participants
- Where
- 1 siteSwitzerland
- Study dates
- 1 Sep 2024to 30 Jan 2027
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 50 to 75 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Individuals enrolled in an inpatient 3-week cardiac exercise-based rehabilitation programme
- Age range 50-75 years
- Can withstand the study protocol without undue risk
- Able to provide written consent
Who cannot join
- Contraindication to physical activity in view of the health status
- Presence of cognitive or psychological disorder
- Hearing impairment with or without hearing aids
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Switzerland1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève
Geneva, 1205
Véronique Menoni, PhD, +41223729195, veronique.menoni@hcuge.ch
Christophe Luthy, Prof
About this study
Affective phenomena, such as core affect, remembered pleasure, or forecasted pleasure, play a key role in promoting physical activity (PA) behaviour, especially among inpatients. The use of music has been shown to be a particularly cost-effective and low-friction approach to promoting positive affective valence during PA. However, interventions using music to improve exercise-related affective phenomena among inpatients are lacking. This study will aim to investigate an intervention that combines the effects of music with the "peak-end rule" on core affective responses (valence and arousal), remembered pleasure, and forecasted pleasure associated with exercise sessions among cardiac rehabilitation inpatients.
The primary objective of the present study will be to examine the effect of differentiated music exposure on core affective responses, ratings of perceived exertion and psychophysiological responses to moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT), as well as on associated remembered pleasure, exercise enjoyment, and forecasted pleasure. A secondary objective will be to assess the potential mediating effect of affective valence at the end of the MICT on remembered pleasure and exercise enjoyment. A third objective will be to assess the effect of MICT with or without music on an emotional rating task, together with pupillometric measures. Finally, the study will examine the influence of remembered pleasure on subsequent forecasted pleasure.
- Conditions
- Rehabilitation Exercise
- Being tested
- Music listening during physical exercise
- Keywords
- cardiac rehabilitation, music, physical activity, affective valence
- Medical subject headings
- Motor Activity
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Music listening during physical exerciseOther
Exposure to music played at different phases of the physical activity
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| MFH | Experimental | Music in the First Half of the Exercise Session Receives: Other: Music listening during physical exercise |
| MSH | Experimental | Music in the Second Half of the Exercise Session Receives: Other: Music listening during physical exercise |
| MT | Experimental | Music Throughout the Exercise Session Receives: Other: Music listening during physical exercise |
| Control | No intervention | Exercice Session without any music |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Affective valence during the moderate intensity continuous training
Mesured with filling scale (FS)
Measured: 22 minutes
Secondary outcomes (2)
Affective arousal during the moderate-intensity continuous training
Affective arousal will be measured at five time points ( Minute 3, Minute 12, Minute 13, Minute 22, and Minute 25) using the Felt Arousal Scale (Svebak \& Murgatroyd, 1985), a single-item bipolar rating scale using the sentence "How aroused do you actually feel?" with possible responses ranging from 1 (low arousal) to 6 (high arousal).
Measured: 25 minutes
Rating of perceived exertion during the moderate-intensity continuous training
Remembered pleasure will be measured 5 min after each training session using a visual analogy scale presented on a Samsung Galaxy Tab ranging from -100 (very unpleasant) to +100 (very pleasant) in intervals of 1 (Zenko et al., 2016). Participants will be asked to answer the following question: "How did the exercise session make you feel?" (Hutchinson et al., 2023).
Measured: 5 minutes after each training session
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted26 Dec 2025
- Study start1 Sep 2024
- Primary completion30 Jan 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion30 Jan 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Rehabilitation ExerciseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Model description
- Randomised controlled trial with repeated-measures and crossover design with full counterbalancing
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 72 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Elena Tessitore
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor-investigator, Elena Tessitore, University Hospital, Geneva
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07305389
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2024-0424
- Other IDs
- SNCTP000006164
- Acronym
- MUSICare
- Status last verified
- Dec 2025
- First submitted
- 12 Dec 2025
- Last updated
- 26 Dec 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 26 Dec 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The MUSICare Project: Effects of Differentiated Music Exposure on Exercise-Related Affect Among Cardiac Rehabilitation Inpatients
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07305389
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- MUSICare / 2024-0424
- Conditions
- Rehabilitation Exercise
- Keywords
- cardiac rehabilitation, music, physical activity, affective valence
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 72 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Elena TessitoreUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Sep 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Jan 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 30 Jan 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 26 Dec 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Affective phenomena, such as core affect, remembered pleasure, or forecasted pleasure, play a key role in promoting physical activity (PA) behaviour, especially among inpatients. The use of music has been shown to be a particularly cost-effective and low-friction approach to promoting positive affective valence during PA. However, interventions using music to improve exercise-related affective phenomena among inpatients are lacking. This study will aim to investigate an intervention that combines the effects of music with the "peak-end rule" on core affective responses (valence and arousal), remembered pleasure, and forecasted pleasure associated with exercise sessions among cardiac rehabilitation inpatients.
The primary objective of the present study will be to examine the effect of differentiated music exposure on core affective responses, ratings of perceived exertion and psychophysiological responses to moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT), as well as on associated remembered pleasure, exercise enjoyment, and forecasted pleasure. A secondary objective will be to assess the potential mediating effect of affective valence at the end of the MICT on remembered pleasure and exercise enjoyment. A third objective will be to assess the effect of MICT with or without music on an emotional rating task, together with pupillometric measures. Finally, the study will examine the influence of remembered pleasure on subsequent forecasted pleasure.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 4
- Model description
- Randomised controlled trial with repeated-measures and crossover design with full counterbalancing
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| MFH | Experimental | Other: Music listening during physical exerciseMusic in the First Half of the Exercise Session |
| MSH | Experimental | Other: Music listening during physical exerciseMusic in the Second Half of the Exercise Session |
| MT | Experimental | Other: Music listening during physical exerciseMusic Throughout the Exercise Session |
| Control | No intervention | –Exercice Session without any music |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 50 to 75 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Individuals enrolled in an inpatient 3-week cardiac exercise-based rehabilitation programme
- Age range 50-75 years
- Can withstand the study protocol without undue risk
- Able to provide written consent
Key exclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Contraindication to physical activity in view of the health status
- Presence of cognitive or psychological disorder
- Hearing impairment with or without hearing aids
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Music listening during physical exerciseExposure to music played at different phases of the physical activity | Other | MFH, MSH, MT |
Primary outcome
Affective valence during the moderate intensity continuous training
Time frame: 22 minutes
Mesured with filling scale (FS)
2 secondary outcomes
Affective arousal during the moderate-intensity continuous training
Time frame: 25 minutes
Rating of perceived exertion during the moderate-intensity continuous training
Time frame: 5 minutes after each training session
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 26 Dec 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Music listening during physical exercise in people with Rehabilitation Exercise, run by Elena Tessitore at 1 site in Switzerland.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 26 Dec 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Switzerland. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Elena Tessitore, MD (+41795532615, elena.tessitore@hcuge.ch), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Affective valence during the moderate intensity continuous training (time frame: 22 minutes). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 26 Dec 2025.