Trial reportRevista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)2025
The effect of passive music listening in addition to conventional physiotherapy on pain, anxiety, and quality of life in patients with chronic neck pain.
Trial report in Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Music Listening in Medicine and Healthcare: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Acoustic stimulation in pain management: neurobiological mechanisms and clinical applications-a narrative review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
- Before a positive effect of classical music on chronic neck pain can be demonstrated, all potential interfering factors must be eliminated.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the effect of passive music listening in addition to conventional physiotherapy on pain, anxiety, and quality of life in patients with chronic neck pain.
methodsThe study included 40 people aged 30-50 years with chronic neck pain, who volunteered to participate in it. The participants were randomized into a control group (n=20) and a music group (n=20). Participants in the control group received a classical physiotherapy programme, 5 days a week for 4 weeks. Participants in the music group listened to music through headphones throughout the treatment.
resultsAt the end of treatment, there was a statistical difference in the Beck Anxiety Inventory, visual analog scale, Neck Disability Index, and SF-36 physical scores in intragroup comparisons in both groups (p<0.05), When comparing the differences between the groups before and after treatment, it was found that the decrease in visual analog scale score of the participants in the music group was statistically significant compared to the decrease in visual analog scale score of the participants in the control group (p<0.01).
conclusionPassive listening to music has been shown to have a positive effect on chronic neck pain when used in addition to conventional physiotherapy.
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