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  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,139 Views
9 Pages

This article introduces China’s first Center for Music Performance Science and Musicians’ Medicine. In the center, motion capture (MoCap) technology is used to study piano performance and musicians’ health. An idea and methodology t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,727 Views
21 Pages

Exploring the Synergy of Music and Medicine in Healthcare: Expert Insights into the Curative and Societal Role of the Relationship between Music and Medicine

  • Juliane Hennenberg,
  • Manfred Hecking,
  • Fritz Sterz,
  • Simeon Hassemer,
  • Ulrich Kropiunigg,
  • Sebastian Debus,
  • Kurt Stastka and
  • Henriette Löffler-Stastka

Our study aimed to investigate the correlation between medicine, health perception, and music as well as the role of music in the healthcare setting. To gain insights into the dynamics between these two fields, we gathered opinions from attendees and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
115 Citations
47,169 Views
12 Pages

Music Therapy and Other Music-Based Interventions in Pediatric Health Care: An Overview

  • Thomas Stegemann,
  • Monika Geretsegger,
  • Eva Phan Quoc,
  • Hannah Riedl and
  • Monika Smetana

14 February 2019

Background: In pediatric health care, non-pharmacological interventions such as music therapy have promising potential to complement traditional medical treatment options in order to facilitate recovery and well-being. Music therapy and other music-b...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,867 Views
24 Pages

Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Enabled Internet of Things (IoT) Architecture for Music Therapy

  • Shama Siddiqui,
  • Rory Nesbitt,
  • Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir,
  • Anwar Ahmed Khan,
  • Ausaf Ahmed Khan,
  • Karima Karam Khan and
  • Naeem Ramzan

29 November 2020

Alternative medicine techniques such as music therapy have been a recent interest of medical practitioners and researchers. Significant clinical evidence suggests that music has a positive influence over pain, stress and anxiety for the patients of c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,836 Views
16 Pages

10 November 2022

Background: This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing the use of complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) to manage stress during the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was administered to community-dwe...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,367 Views
20 Pages

Hearing loss is one of the most common and undertreated medical conditions worldwide, with an estimated 466 million people (5% of the world’s population) reporting disabling hearing impairment. The implications are significant; untreated hearin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,655 Views
10 Pages

Effect of Self-Chosen Music in Alleviating the Burden on Family Caregivers of Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Randomised Controlled Trial

  • Inmaculada Valero-Cantero,
  • Cristina Casals,
  • Milagrosa Espinar-Toledo,
  • Francisco Javier Barón-López,
  • Francisco Javier Martínez-Valero,
  • Nuria García-Agua Soler and
  • María Ángeles Vázquez-Sánchez

The experience of caregiver burden among family members of patients with advanced cancer is a common problem. The aim of this study was to determine whether the burden may be alleviated by means of a therapeutic approach based on self-chosen music. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,179 Views
8 Pages

3 November 2022

Auditory entrainment of motor function is a fundamental tool in neurologic music therapy with many studies demonstrating improved clinical outcomes in people with movement disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease, acquired brain injuries, and stro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,453 Views
21 Pages

This paper is in three sections. Section One presents a historical overview of international initiatives that have expanded the role of music in healthcare, from the initial formalization of music therapy to its more research-based rehabilitation foc...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
12,077 Views
15 Pages

Numerous previous studies have shown the effectiveness of music therapy in enhancing cognitive functions in patients with dementia. Despite this, robust evidence in this field, especially concerning the comparison of different music therapy types, is...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,627 Views
10 Pages

29 April 2024

Background: The role of music in the NICU continues to evolve, with recent studies documenting the positive impact of music therapy for hospitalized infants and families. With many potential benefits and no substantial adverse effects reported to dat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,042 Views
13 Pages

29 September 2022

Pain is often debilitating, and is associated with many pathologies, as either a cause or consequence. Pharmacological interventions, such as opioids, to manage pain may lead to potential problems, such as addiction. When pain is controlled and manag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,041 Views
11 Pages

In 2019, the WHO released a scoping review investigating art therapies in evidence-based healthcare practices to identify and understand the gaps in the literature. However, the studies curated were not evaluated for their quality. To address this li...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
9,658 Views
13 Pages

Using Jazz as a Metaphor to Teach Improvisational Communication Skills

  • Paul Haidet,
  • Jodi Jarecke,
  • Chengwu Yang,
  • Cayla R. Teal,
  • Richard L. Street and
  • Heather Stuckey

Metaphor helps humans understand complex concepts by “mapping” them onto accessible concepts. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of using jazz as a metaphor to teach senior medical students improvisational communication skills,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,116 Views
14 Pages

Background: Electronic dance music festivals (EDMF) can cause a significant disruption in the standard operational capacity of emergency medical services (EMS) and hospitals. We determined whether or not the presence of in-event health services (IEHS...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,043 Views
13 Pages

Effects of Music on the Quality of Life of Family Caregivers of Terminal Cancer Patients: A Randomised Controlled Trial

  • Inmaculada Valero-Cantero,
  • Cristina Casals,
  • Milagrosa Espinar-Toledo,
  • Francisco Javier Barón-López,
  • Nuria García-Agua Soler and
  • María Ángeles Vázquez-Sánchez

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of listening to self-chosen music on the quality of life of family caregivers of cancer patients receiving palliative home care. A total of 82 family caregivers were assigned either to the interven...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
806 Views
9 Pages

The Rhythm of Connection: Describing the Heartbeats Intervention for Patients and Families Receiving Paediatric Palliative Care

  • Holly E. Evans,
  • Matthew Ralph,
  • Tiina Jaaniste,
  • Claire E. Wakefield and
  • Ursula M. Sansom-Daly

Music therapy in paediatric palliative care offers a unique opportunity for emotional support, legacy creation, and therapeutic connection for children and their families. This paper describes the Heartbeats Intervention, as delivered by a paediatric...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,028 Views
13 Pages

26 September 2024

Background: Recent studies have shown an association between playing wind instruments and their impact on the orofacial system. However, they have not fully evaluated all aspects of the topic, leaving a gap in the overall understanding. Methods: A th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,194 Views
35 Pages

Personalizing Cochlear Implant Care in Single-Sided Deafness: A Distinct Paradigm from Bilateral Hearing Loss

  • Emmeline Y. Lin,
  • Stephanie M. Younan,
  • Karen C. Barrett and
  • Nicole T. Jiam

15 September 2025

Background: Cochlear implants (CIs) serve diverse populations with hearing loss, but patients with single-sided deafness (SSD) often show lower post-implantation usage and satisfaction than bilateral CI users. This disparity may stem from their norma...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
23,424 Views
10 Pages

13 January 2020

Music therapy yields many positive health outcomes in humans, but the effects of music on the health and welfare of nonhuman animals vary greatly with the type of music played, the ethology of the species, and the personality and learning history of...

  • Opinion
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,988 Views
11 Pages

5 February 2024

In recent years, music has been regarded as a promising non-pharmacological intervention for a number of physical and mental conditions. Five-elements music therapy—based on the five-element theory—is a unique non-pharmacological therapy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,128 Views
8 Pages

Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Reducing Anxiety in Patients with Potentially Malignant Oral Disorders

  • Elia Lopez-Yufera,
  • Pia López-Jornet,
  • Oscar Toralla and
  • Eduardo Pons-Fuster López

26 February 2020

Objective: To evaluate the effect of a music intervention upon anxiety, blood pressure, and heart rate in adult patients with potentially malignant oral disorders. Methods: Eighty consecutive adults (mean age: 68.3 years) consulting a Unit of Oral Me...

  • Protocol
  • Open Access
2,016 Views
10 Pages

The Use, Role, and Function of Music During Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PAT) with Ayahuasca: A Scoping Review Protocol

  • Guillermo Escobar-Cornejo,
  • Fernando P. Cardenas,
  • Diego Torres,
  • Mario Valderrama and
  • Mark Ettenberger

Objective: To provide a state of the art on the use, role, and function of music during psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) with ayahuasca. Introduction: Ayahuasca is a medicinal brew with psychoactive qualities used by indigenous communities througho...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,743 Views
9 Pages

25 October 2021

This study aimed to analyze the influence of patient-selected music listening on the pain and anxiety levels of hemodialysis patients after undergoing a vascular access operation. Methods: Sixty five patients were randomly assigned to the experimenta...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,925 Views
8 Pages

Integrative Medicine in Interventional Oncology: A Virtuous Alliance

  • François H. Cornelis,
  • Milan Najdawi,
  • Mohamed Ben Ammar,
  • Maud Nouri-Neuville,
  • Bénédicte Lombart,
  • Jean-Pierre Lotz,
  • Jacques Cadranel and
  • Matthias Barral

17 January 2020

This review aimed to identify the potential role of integrative medicine in interventional oncology. The music therapy; stress management techniques; guided imagery, including virtual reality; clinical hypnosis; and digital sedation may all be effici...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,699 Views
29 Pages

17 August 2025

There is growing evidence regarding non-pharmacological therapies such as music as a supportive approach for the treatment of various clinical conditions in humans. Physiological and neurobiological research suggests that music exposure is related to...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,570 Views
14 Pages

18 February 2025

Background: Music intervention (MI) is a promising complementary therapy for alleviating psychological distress in patients with cancer undergoing radiotherapy. This systematic review and meta-analysis assessed the efficacy of MI in reducing anxiety,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,111 Views
18 Pages

The Influence of Different Auditory Stimuli on Attentiveness and Responsiveness in Road Traffic in Simulated Traffic Situations

  • Wolfgang Welz,
  • Susanne Voelter-Mahlknecht,
  • Christian Große-Siestrup and
  • Geraldine Preuß

The use of portable media has become an integral part of our increasingly mobile society. The use of digital audio books is also growing steadily in Germany. The connection between the psychological effect of music of different volumes and rhythms an...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
9,775 Views
21 Pages

The Effects of Complementary Therapies on Patient-Reported Outcomes: An Overview of Recent Systematic Reviews in Oncology

  • Marit Mentink,
  • Daniëlle Verbeek,
  • Janneke Noordman,
  • Anja Timmer-Bonte,
  • Ines von Rosenstiel and
  • Sandra van Dulmen

11 September 2023

Many patients with cancer make use of complementary medicine alongside conventional medicine, but clinicians in oncology often lack the knowledge to adequately advise patients on the evidence base for complementary therapies. This study aims to provi...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
8,465 Views
9 Pages

1 June 2020

On December 10, 2018, I was sitting among the big crowd of audience, as one of the invited guests to the ceremony, in the Stockholm Concert Hall. When King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf bestowed the diploma and medal of Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,599 Views
25 Pages

One-Step Discrete Fourier Transform-Based Sinusoid Frequency Estimation under Full-Bandwidth Quasi-Harmonic Interference

  • João Miguel Silva,
  • Marco António Oliveira,
  • André Ferraz Saraiva and
  • Aníbal J. S. Ferreira

12 September 2023

The estimation of the frequency of sinusoids has been the object of intense research for more than 40 years. Its importance in classical fields such as telecommunications, instrumentation, and medicine has been extended to numerous specific signal pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,720 Views
24 Pages

Effect of Indian Music as an Auditory Stimulus on Physiological Measures of Stress, Anxiety, Cardiovascular and Autonomic Responses in Humans—A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Kirthana Kunikullaya Ubrangala,
  • Radhika Kunnavil,
  • Mamta Sanjeeva Vernekar,
  • Jaisri Goturu,
  • Vijayadas,
  • V. S. Prakash and
  • Nandagudi Srinivasa Murthy

Among the different anthropogenic stimuli humans are exposed to, the psychological and cardiovascular effects of auditory stimuli are less understood. This study aims to explore the possible range of change after a single session of auditory stimulat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
47 Citations
12,142 Views
10 Pages

Effectiveness of Complementary Therapies in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review

  • María Dolores Guerra-Martín,
  • María Sandra Tejedor-Bueno and
  • Matías Correa-Casado

According to the World Health Organization, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the world. In Spain, about a quarter of a million cases were diagnosed in 2017, and 81% of the Spanish population has used, at least once, some kind of complem...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
13,259 Views
41 Pages

22 June 2021

A tangible user interface or TUI connects physical objects and digital interfaces. It is more interactive and interesting for users than a classic graphic user interface. This article presents a descriptive overview of TUI’s real-world applications s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
9,502 Views
7 Pages

Greek Medicine Practice at Ancient Rome: The Physician Molecularist Asclepiades

  • Luigi Santacroce,
  • Lucrezia Bottalico and
  • Ioannis Alexandros Charitos

12 December 2017

Background: In the pre-Hellenistic period, the concept of medicine was not well-defined. Usually, a disease was considered as a divine punishment and its treatment was devolved to the priests who asked for healing from the divinities. The only job th...

  • Viewpoint
  • Open Access
34 Citations
25,197 Views
16 Pages

The benefits of biophilic interior design have been recognized by healthcare facilities, but residential environments receive relatively less attention with respect to improving the health of people living with chronic diseases. Recent “stay-at...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
13,614 Views
27 Pages

A Systematic Review of Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: “Miscellaneous Therapies”

  • Anna Bergh,
  • Iréne Lund,
  • Anna Boström,
  • Heli Hyytiäinen and
  • Kjell Asplund

24 November 2021

There is an increasing interest in complementary and alternative veterinary medicine (CAVM). There is, however, an uncertainty of the efficacy of these methods. Therefore, the aim of this systematic literature review is to assess the evidence for cli...

  • Review
  • Open Access
59 Citations
29,625 Views
35 Pages

This paper presents a narrative review of research literature to “map the landscape” of the mechanisms of the effect of sound vibration on humans including the physiological, neurological, and biochemical. It begins by narrowing music to sound and so...

  • Review
  • Open Access
44 Citations
16,280 Views
12 Pages

Mind–body medicine is a system of health practices that includes meditation/relaxation training, guided imagery, hypnosis, biofeedback, yoga, art/music therapy, prayer, t’ai chi, and psychological therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy. Clini...

  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
13,234 Views
20 Pages

Rett syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects brain development and causes severe mental and physical disability. This systematic review analyzes the most recent evidence concerning the role of physical therapy in the management of individual...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,527 Views
14 Pages

26 October 2023

Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria L.) belongs to the cucurbit family and has a long history of cultivation in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, both for food and medicine. Popularized by its unique fruit shapes, gourds are used to make orna...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
7,523 Views
19 Pages

Decreasing Preoperative Anxiety in Patients with Newly Available Multimodal Approaches—A Narrative Review

  • Weronika Kisielewska,
  • Michał Kościółek,
  • Weronika Kowalczyk,
  • Bernard Mitura,
  • Lidia Mitura,
  • Sylwester Rogula,
  • Piotr Konrad Leszczyński,
  • Katarzyna Antosik and
  • Kryspin Mitura

24 April 2025

Preoperative anxiety affects approximately 80% of adult patients; thus, identifying patients with excessive anxiety and implementing appropriate interventions can significantly reduce the risk of deterioration during the perioperative period. This na...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
31,566 Views
12 Pages

Sound Healing: Mood, Emotional, and Spiritual Well-Being Interrelationships

  • Tamara L. Goldsby,
  • Michael E. Goldsby,
  • Mary McWalters and
  • Paul J. Mills

27 January 2022

Psychosocial stress, tension, and depression are quite common in many parts of the developed world. Integrative medicine techniques which may potentially increase spiritual and emotional well-being may be useful in combating chronic psychosocial stre...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2,457 Views
15 Pages

The Use of Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Adolescent Obesity: A Narrative Review

  • Mahesh Shrestha,
  • Ann Harris,
  • Teresa Bailey,
  • Urvi Savant and
  • Dilip R. Patel

Adolescent obesity is a growing global health problem all around the world. We reviewed the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for adolescent obesity, examining improvements in BMI or any metabolic indices of obesity. We performed a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,911 Views
11 Pages

In recent years, a criticism of “indigenous knowledge” has been that this idea makes sense only in terms of acquaintance (or familiarity) type and practical (or skills-type) knowledge (knowledge-how). Understood in terms of theoretical knowledge (or...

  • Study Protocol
  • Open Access
1,939 Views
10 Pages

23 May 2023

Purpose: The purpose of this protocol was to discover the connection between patients with non-surgical pain or other discomfort and their psychosocial status. Cognitive behavior therapy will be used, which we verified will determine the effect and f...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
14 Citations
10,695 Views
18 Pages

Digital therapeutics (DTx, software as a medical device) provide personalized treatments for chronic diseases and expand precision medicine beyond pharmacogenomics-based pharmacotherapies. In this perspective article, we describe how DTx for chronic...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
10,432 Views
23 Pages

Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines in the Treatment of Ejaculatory Disorders: A Systematic Review

  • Kristian Leisegang,
  • Chinyerum Sylvia Opuwari,
  • Faith Moichela and
  • Renata Finelli

6 September 2023

Background and Objectives: Ejaculatory dysfunction (EjD) is a common male sexual disorder that includes premature ejaculation, delayed ejaculation, retrograde ejaculation, and anejaculation. Although psychological and pharmacological treatments are a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,757 Views
14 Pages

Wind Instrumentalists and Temporomandibular Disorder: From Diagnosis to Treatment

  • Miguel Pais Clemente,
  • Joaquim Mendes,
  • André Moreira,
  • Ricardo Vardasca,
  • Afonso Pinhão Ferreira and
  • José Manuel Amarante

23 August 2018

Introduction: Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) involve the presence of pain or dysfunction on certain areas of the Cranio-Cervico-Mandibular Complex (CCMC), such as the masticatory muscles, the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and associated structures...

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