An investigation into the physiological effects of music of the patients choice played during osteopathic treatment
Item
- Title
- An investigation into the physiological effects of music of the patients choice played during osteopathic treatment
- Author(s)
- Walsh Joanna
- Abstract
- The aim of this research was to investigate the physiological effects of music of the patient’s choice played during osteopathic treatment. This was a between groups and within groups experiment carried out with one independent variable and two conditions.Blood pressure and heart rate measurements were taken from forty volunteers from the British School of Osteopathy, before and after receiving soft tissue massage to their neck and shoulders, using an Omron R1 Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor. The twenty subjects in the experimental condition listened to either pop music, classical music or film soundtracks whilst the subjects in the control group had a choice of either waves, whale song or bird song.Results showed a decrease in the mean and median values of heart rate and blood pressure in the experimental group but only the systolic results in the experimental condition and the diastolic results in the control group were significant. A short questionnaire after the experiment revealed a subjective sense of relaxation both in the experimental condition and control condition with a higher percentage of respondents feeling extremely relaxed in the experimental group.In conclusion, this study revealed that music has some physiological and psychological effects which could be of clinical benefit to patients in the realms of Osteopathy.
- presented at
- British School of Osteopathy
- Date Accepted
- 0
- Date Submitted
- 1.7.2000 00:00:00
- Type
- undergraduate_project
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 12208
- Inst-Identifier
- 780
- Keywords
- Music,Music Therapy,Osteopathic Treatment,Mood
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Walsh Joanna, “An investigation into the physiological effects of music of the patients choice played during osteopathic treatment”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 19, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/1456