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Proposal:  The Effects of Music Entrainment for Pain Management

 1. Contact Information

Name: Joke Bradt, PhD, MT-BC, Assistant Professor of Music Therapy, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ, USA

Home Address:

532 Heritage Oak Drive
Yardley, PA 19067
USA

Work Address:

Montclair State University, Department of Music
1 Normal Avenue
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043

USA

Phone: 215-321 6238

E-mail: bradtj@mail.montclair.edu

2. Title of Presentation:

The Effects of Music Entrainment on the Perception of Pain

3. Abstract

In this presentation, the presenter will share the results of two research studies on the effectiveness of music entrainment for the management of pain.  The first research study investigated the efficacy of music entrainment for postoperative pain in pediatric patients, whereas the second research study examined the effectiveness of music entrainment for chronic pain in adult patients. Music entrainment is an innovative music therapy approach to the treatment of pain, utilizing the ability of music to achieve resonance with and to match physiological and psychological phenomena. In music entrainment for pain management, instrumental or vocal live music is created by the therapist to match the client's pain. Once this resonance has been achieved, a gradual change in the music will elicit corresponding changes in the client's physiological and psychological responses, resulting in pain reduction and mood enhancement. This presentation will include a discussion on the issues involved in effectively measuring pain perception and an exploration of recent trends in study designs related to pain perception research.

 

4. Presenter’s Bio

Joke Bradt, PhD, MT-BC, is Assistant Professor of Music Therapy at Montclair State University (USA).  She received her master degree in music therapy and her Ph.D. from Temple University (USA).   Since 1997, Dr. Bradt has been focusing her work on medical music therapy, specifically as it relates to music entrainment for pain management. She has presented her research on this music therapy intervention at several national and international conferences.


Coinvolgimento musicale e gestione del dolore

Saranno presentati due studi sull’efficacia della musicoterapia nel trattamento del dolore. La prima ricerca riguarda pazienti pediatrici con dolore post operatorio, mentre la seconda adulti con dolore cronico; entrambi i gruppi sono stati trattati con il “coinvolgimento musicale”. Il “coinvolgimento musicale” è una tecnica innovativa, che utilizza la capacità della musica di entrare in risonanza con fenomeni fisiologici e psicologici. Nel coinvolgimento musicale applicato al trattamento del dolore, il terapista compone una musica vocale o strumentale che corrisponda al dolore del paziente. Una volta raggiunta la consonanza, un graduale cambiamento della musica eliciterà cambiamenti corrispondenti nelle risposte fisiologiche e psicologiche del paziente, con conseguente diminuzione del dolore e miglioramento dell’umore. La relazione includerà una discussione sulla misurazione della percezione del dolore ed una panoramica degli studi più recenti correlati alla ricerca sulla percezione del dolore.

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