ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Potential Psychological and Biological Mechanisms Underlying the Effectiveness of Neonatal Music Therapy during Kangaroo Mother Care for Preterm Infants and Their Parents.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06256406 (Comparative Evaluation Between Preterms and Newborns Undergoing Surgery. Effectiveness of a Multimodal Sensory Intervention on Newborns and Parents' Stress), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparative Evaluation Between Preterms and Newborns Undergoing Surgery. Effectiveness of a Multimodal Sensory Intervention on Newborns and Parents' Stress
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of music therapy on behavioral and physiological neonatal outcomes: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Kangaroo Mother Care in the NICU on the Physiological Stress Parameters of Premature Infants: A Meta-Analysis of RCTs.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Music therapy with adult burn patients in the intensive care unit: short-term analysis of electrophysiological signals during music-assisted relaxation.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Impact of live music therapy compared with storytelling on maternal depression and psychological distress in mothers of preterm infants: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2026Article
- Touch, temperature, and relief: a multilevel integrative model of hedonic regulation in massage and thermal therapies.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
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- Kangaroo Method Care: Benefits, Proponents and Barriers: A Narrative Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
- Longitudinal functional brain connectivity maturation in premature newborn infants: Modulatory influence of early music enrichment.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Short-term effectiveness of music therapy songwriting for mental health outcomes of at-risk parents in the NICU: a study protocol of an international multicenter mixed-methods trial.Health psychology report · 2024Article
- Intersections of the arts and art therapies in the humanization of care in hospitals: Experiences from the music therapy service of the University Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Effect of Music Therapy on Perceived Pain, Mental Health, Vital Signs, and Medication Usage of Burn Patients Hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit: A Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study Protocol.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
Neonatal music therapy (MT) has become more accessible worldwide. Previous research suggests multiple benefits of MT for preterm infants and their caregivers; however, far too little attention has been paid to understanding the mechanisms of change in previous Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)-MT research so far. This perspective article describes potential mechanisms of MT interventions exposed during kangaroo mother care on the preterm infant's response (behavioral and physiological outcomes) and the mother-infant relationship. The paper focuses on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis' role in stabilization of behavioral state, the autonomic nervous system's role in stabilization of physiologic state, as well as co-regulation as a potential mechanism for the developing of the parent-infant relationship. Mechanisms play a pivotal role in understanding variables related to the therapy course and well as in generating new knowledge regarding treatment susceptibility and optimizing resources. Understanding of the mechanisms of how interventions may lead to specific outcomes plays an important role in addressing the issue of improvement of currently available approaches of MT used in the NICU.
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