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Anxiety Reduction
Internet Address: http://www.shrinershq.org/WhatsNewArch/Archives96/music12-96.html
Music has been used for centuries to treat medical conditions. In ancient times, priests and witch doctors used chants and rhythms to ward off the evil spirits that caused illness. They believed that music possessed supernatural powers and could heal either directly or by appealing to the benevolent gods. Music therapy is used at the Galveston Shriner's Hospital, but the rationale is quite different. The program is based on scientific and psychosocial principals, and the benefits have been substantiated through research.
Internet Address: http://www2.mc.duke.edu/news/inside/970804/9.html
This pilot study at Duke looked at thirty-three patients undergoing knee replacement surgery. The study revealed that clients who listened to music before surgery decreased tension by twenty-one percent. Following surgery, less pain medication was used, and they left the hospital sooner. It proved to be a cost effective therapy.
Expression of Emotions
Internet Address: http://www.harptherapy.com/sum96art.html
This author discussed the effects of harp playing in the operating room. Three cases were studied, all of which reported positive results from listening to the harp during surgery. Live music proved more effective than recorded music. It was imperative to know operating room procedures.
Pain Reduction
Internet Address: http://www2.mc.duke.edu/news/inside/970804/9.html
This pilot study at Duke looked at thirty-three patients undergoing knee replacement surgery. The study revealed that clients who listened to music before surgery decreased tension by twenty-one percent. Following surgery, less pain medication was used, and they left the hospital sooner. It proved to be a cost effective therapy.
Physiological Effects
Internet Address: http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=qs]/getdoc.xp?AN=448634466&CONTEXT=921730467.1956053148&hitnum=21
Surgeons listening to self-selected music while performing stressful tasks appear to work more accurately and quickly. Fifty surgeons between 31 and 61 years old who regularly listened to music while performing surgery were asked to perform a complex subtraction task under three different conditions. During one test they listened to music that they had provided. During one test they listened to music provided by the researcher and during one test they did not listen to music. Autonomic nervous system responses were monitored during each test. The surgeons performed better and had lower measures of autonomic nervous system activity while listening to their own musical selections. They performed worst and had the highest measures of autonomic nervous system activity when not listening to music. When listening to researcher-selected music, their responses were intermediate between the self-selected and researcher-selected conditions.
Internet Address: http://www.shrinershq.org/WhatsNewArch/Archives96/music12-96.html
Music has been used for centuries to treat medical conditions. In ancient times, priests and witch doctors used chants and rhythms to ward off the evil spirits that caused illness. They believed that music possessed supernatural powers and could heal either directly or by appealing to the benevolent gods. Music therapy is used at the Galveston Shriner's Hospital, but the rationale is quite different. The program is based on scientific and psychosocial principals, and the benefits have been substantiated through research.
Preoperative Procedures
Internet Address: http://www2.mc.duke.edu/news/inside/970804/9.html
This pilot study at Duke looked at thirty-three patients undergoing knee replacement surgery. The study revealed that clients who listened to music before surgery decreased tension by twenty-one percent. Following surgery, less pain medication was used, and they left the hospital sooner. It proved to be a cost effective therapy.
Recovery
Internet Address: http://www.shrinershq.org/WhatsNewArch/Archives96/music12-96.html
Music has been used for centuries to treat medical conditions. In ancient times, priests and witch doctors used chants and rhythms to ward off the evil spirits that caused illness. They believed that music possessed supernatural powers and could heal either directly or by appealing to the benevolent gods. Music therapy is used at the Galveston Shriner's Hospital, but the rationale is quite different. The program is based on scientific and psychosocial principals, and the benefits have been substantiated through research.
Internet Address: http://www2.mc.duke.edu/news/inside/970804/9.html
This pilot study at Duke looked at thirty-three patients undergoing knee replacement surgery.The study revealed that clients who listened to music before surgery decreased tension by twenty-one percent. Following surgery, less pain medication was used, and they left the hospital sooner.It proved to be a cost effective therapy.
Sedation in the Operating Room
Internet Address: http://www.harptherapy.com/sum96art.html
This author discussed the effects of harp playing in the operating room. Three cases were studied, all of which reported positive results from listening to the harp during surgery. Live music proved more effective than recorded music. It was imperative to know operating room procedures.
Surgical Team
Internet Address: http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=qs]/getdoc.xp?AN=448634466&CONTEXT=921730467.1956053148&hitnum=21
Surgeons listening to self-selected music while performing stressful tasks appear to work more accurately and quickly. Fifty surgeons between 31 and 61 years old who regularly listened to music while performing surgery were asked to perform a complex subtraction task under three different conditions. During one test they listened to music that they had provided. During one test they listened to music provided by the researcher and during one test they did not listen to music. Autonomic nervous system responses were monitored during each test. The surgeons performed better and had lower measures of autonomic nervous system activity while listening to their own musical selections. They performed worst and had the highest measures of autonomic nervous system activity when not listening to music. When listening to researcher-selected music, their responses were intermediate between the self-selected and researcher-selected conditions.