%0 Journal Article
%T The Effects of Red Versus Blue Lights and Neuroticism on Voluntary Biceps Brachii Muscle Contraction
%A Aykut Eren Can¨¹zmez
%A Erdal Binbo£¿a
%A Mustafa Munzuro£¿lu
%A Nihal Dal
%A Serdar Tok
%J Perceptual and Motor Skills
%@ 1558-688X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0031512518821786
%X This study investigated the effects of red and blue monochromatic lights and neuroticism on athletes¡¯ maximal isometric voluntary contraction (iMVC) level of the biceps brachii muscle. During elbow flexion, we measured iMVCs under a white light (control) condition and under red and blue light conditions. Under red light (vs. white and blue), participants demonstrated a greater iMVC level. Further, based on a median split of the athletes¡¯ scores on Tatar¡¯s Five Factor Personality Inventory, high and low neuroticism groups showed no red light differences, while, in the blue light condition, participants high in neuroticism increased the iMVC level by 4.04% and those low in neuroticism decreased iMVC level by 6.31%. Thus, the effect of colored light on athletes¡¯ motor output varied with individual personality differences in neuroticism
%K colored light
%K maximal voluntary contraction
%K personality
%K electromyography
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0031512518821786