title: Music provided through a portable media player (iPod) blunts pain during physical therapy.
abstract: This research studied, 25 adult patients who underwent physical therapy to assess the analgesic effect of distraction with the use of music during physical therapy. Patients randomly underwent physical therapy once with music provided by an iPod and once without music. In both sessions patients underwent identical physical procedures. At end of both sessions patients filled in 5-item questionnaire where they scored pain and other parameters, such as stress, enjoyment, interaction, and satisfaction, on 10-cm visual analog scale. The mean scores (range, 0-10) of the two sessions were statistically compared. Mean pain scores were significantly lower (p = .031) during the session in which patients received music (4.8 ± 2.5) than during the session without music (5.8 ± 2.3). The other items of the questionnaire did not disclose any statistically significant difference when the sessions with versus without music were compared. Enjoyment (8.5 ± 1.6), interaction (8.3 ± 1.9), and satisfaction (8.6 ± 1.7) scores with music did not significantly differ in the sessions without music (8.5 ± 2.1, 8.5 ± 1.9, and, 8.5 ± 1.5, respectively); mean stress score was, 3.9 in both sessions. The conclusion of the study is that music provided through a portable media player has an analgesic effect. This can be an effective analgesic strategy during painful physical therapy.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Reproduction Medicine, University of Siena, Italy. Electronic address: cvbellieni@gmail.com.
authors: Carlo Valerio
authors: CV
authors: Bellieni
authors: Unit of Functional Rehabilitation, University Hospital of Siena, Italy.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Cioncoloni
authors: Unit of Functional Rehabilitation, University Hospital of Siena, Italy.
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Mazzanti
authors: Unit of Functional Rehabilitation, University Hospital of Siena, Italy.
authors: Maria Elena
authors: ME
authors: Bianchi
authors: Unit of Functional Rehabilitation, University Hospital of Siena, Italy.
authors: Ilenia
authors: I
authors: Morrone
authors: Unit of Functional Rehabilitation, University Hospital of Siena, Italy.
authors: Rossana
authors: R
authors: Becattelli
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Reproduction Medicine, University of Siena, Italy.
authors: Serafina
authors: S
authors: Perrone
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Reproduction Medicine, University of Siena, Italy.
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Buonocore
mesh_terms: D059787:Acute Pain / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055539:MP3-Player; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009147:Music Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome