Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Αλγολογία: Αντιμετώπιση του πόνου, διάγνωση και θεραπεία. Φαρμακευτικές, παρεμβατικές και άλλες τεχνικέςLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Angourakis Manolis
Supervisors info:
Γεωργούδης Γεώργιος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Φυσικοθεραπείας, Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Σιαφάκα Ιωάννα, Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Μελεμενή Αικατερίνη, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Η μουσική παρέμβαση στην αντιμετώπιση του χρόνιου πόνου
Translated title:
The musical intervention in the treatment of chronic pain
Summary:
Introduction: Since antiquity there have been references to the healing action of music. Music intervention is divided into 2 categories, music in medicine and music therapy. Modern imaging methods have demonstrated the neurobiological effect of music on the human brain as well as an effect on both the immune system and the stress response system. New research data indicate that either listening to music or participating in music therapy sessions can help reduce chronic and acute pain, reduce the secondary components of chronic pain such as stress-anxiety and depression, and reduce the need for additional analgesics and / or anesthetic drugs.
Purpose: This study examines the effectiveness of musical interventions in the treatment of chronic pain.
Method: The design was a narrative review. Systematic reviews, metaanalyses, randomized clinical trials were collected through PubMed, Cochrane Library databases as well as the journal reference lists.
Results: The available data from the existing bibliography, despite the limitations that arise due to the complexity of chronic pain and music as well, indicate that musical interventions are encouragingly positive in terms of reducing chronic pain and its associated complications such as anxiety, depression and reduced quality of life. Modern medicine must accept the difficulty in managing chronic pain and incorporate appropriate complementary therapies, such as musical interventions, in the context of the comprehensive treatment and multimodal approach of patients with chronic pain. Their deprivation is now a medical surrender as long as complementary therapies are accompanied by scientific evidence.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Music, Music intervention, Chronic pain, Brain, Analgesia
Number of references:
173
