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The impact of different music genres on pain tolerance: emphasizing the significance of individual music genre preferences.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07646509 (An Ecological Momentary Intervention for the Reduction of Impairment in Somatic Symptom Disorder), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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An Ecological Momentary Intervention for the Reduction of Impairment in Somatic Symptom Disorder
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Sounds of comfort: the impact of music therapy on labor pain and anxiety in primigravida women during vaginal delivery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Reproductive health · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of music intervention on endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography patients' pain, anxiety, and vital signs: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- The effect of a mobile application-based music intervention on pain levels and analgesic consumption following surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2026Trial
- Perioperative Music Therapy Enhances Pain Management and Sleep Quality in Patients Aged 50-70 Years Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2026Trial
- Self-Chosen Music as a Contributor to Music-Induced Analgesia Across Diverse Socio-Cultural Backgrounds: A Crossover Randomised Controlled Trial.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Trial
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- A scoping review of music-based pain treatment mechanism research.Pain reports · 2026Review
- Musical Rounds: A multisite, mixed-methods feasibility study of a musical legacy session in palliative care.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Article
- A critical role of affective content in the analgesic effect of virtual reality: a cross-sectional within-subject study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- The Predominant Role of Musical Valence Over Arousal in Pain Modulation: A Psychophysiological Study.International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie · 2026Article
- Acoustic stimulation in pain management: neurobiological mechanisms and clinical applications-a narrative review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
- Effects of Preferred Music on Pain Tolerance During an Experimental Cold Pressor Test: A Pilot Study.Cureus · 2026Article
- Music in healthcare: Investigating music preferences for pain management across twenty countries.SSM - population health · 2025Article
- Taylor Swift versus Mozart: music preferences of C57BL/6J mice.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
- Music as a perioperative, non-pharmacological intervention in veterinary medicine. Establishing a feasible framework for music implementation and future perspectives with a focus on the perioperative period of dogs and cats.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- The Effect of Music Intervention on Analgesia During Bed Baths in the Immediate Postoperative Period of Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
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10 authors.
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Abstract
Music is a promising (adjunctive) treatment for both acute and chronic pain, reducing the need for pharmacological analgesics and their side effects. Yet, little is known about the effect of different types of music. Hence, we investigated the efficacy of five music genres (Urban, Electronic, Classical, Rock and Pop) on pain tolerance. In this parallel randomized experimental study, we conducted a cold pressor test in healthy volunteers (n = 548). The primary outcome was pain tolerance, measured in seconds. No objective (tolerance time) or subjective (pain intensity and unpleasantness) differences were found among the five genres. Multinomial logistic regression showed that overall genre preference positively influenced pain tolerance. In contrast, the music genres that participants thought would help for pain relief did not. Our study was the first to investigate pain tolerance at genre level and in the context of genre preference without self-selecting music. In conclusion, this study provides evidence that listening to a favored music genre has a significant positive influence on pain tolerance, irrespective of the kind of genre. Our results emphasize the importance of individual music (genre) preference when looking at the analgesic benefits of music. This should be considered when implementing music in the clinical setting.
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