Autonomic Responses to Music and Vibroacoustic Therapy in Rett Syndrome
| Autor: | Märith Bergström-Isacsson, Peter O.O. Julu, Ingegerd Witt-Engerström |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Autonomic function
medicine.medical_specialty Music therapy French horn Rett syndrome Audiology medicine.disease behavioral disciplines and activities humanities Arousal Developmental psychology Autonomic nervous system Complementary and alternative medicine Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Anthropology medicine Pshychiatric Mental Health Psychology human activities |
| Zdroj: | Nordic Journal of Music Therapy. 16:42-59 |
| ISSN: | 1944-8260 0809-8131 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/08098130709478172 |
| Popis: | We investigated the influence of music and vibroacoustic therapy (VT) on the autonomic nervous system in persons with Rett syndrome (RTT) at the Swedish Rett Centre in Ostersund because professionals and families alike often claim that music plays a very important role in the lives of these people. The families even claim that they sometimes use music as "medicine" to calm down the Rett persons when nothing else seems to help. We studied 21 persons with RTT in the years 2003 and 2004. These were patients coming to the Rett Centre for routine brainstem assessment. The control status was the subject's own baseline autonomic function during rest. Subjects were stimulated using horn music, calming and activating music, then VT and VT with calming music embedded in it. The results show that it was possible to measure responses to music and VT within this group. These responses were unique for different stimuli. The horn music caused physiological arousal, activating music caused sympathetic response, and calmi... |
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