Background: Chemotherapy is the most distressing form of cancer treatment in oncology, but listening to music can be an adjuvant during chemotherapy. Monochord (MC) sounds are used in music therapy for the alleviation of pain, enhanced body perception, and relaxation. This study investigated the relaxation effect of MC sounds for patients during chemotherapy compared with progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), an established relaxation technique.
Methodology/principal Findings: Two randomized groups of patients were observed during chemotherapy. One group listened to recorded MC sounds (n=20) and the other group listened to recorded PMR (n=20). Each session was investigated pre and post using Spielberger's State Anxiety Inventory (SAI) and a questionnaire about the patient's physical and psychological states. Further, for the first and the last session, multivariate electroencephalogram (EEG) signals were recorded. Patients in both MC and PMR groups showed significant improvement in their physical and psychological states and in state anxiety. The EEG data showed that the MC and the PMR groups were associated with an increase of posterior theta (3.5-7.5 Hz) and a decrease of midfrontal beta-2 band (20-29.5 Hz) activity during the end phase of relaxation treatment. Further, the MC group was associated with decreased alpha band (8-12 Hz) activity in comparison with PMR group.
Conclusions: This study shows that both listening to recorded MC sounds and practising PMR have a useful and comparable effect on gynaecologic oncological patients during chemotherapy, with partially overlapping but also notably divergent neural correlates. Future research should establish the systematic use of MC in oncological contexts.
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BMC Complement Med Ther
January 2025
Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Background: This study investigated whether a sound intervention tuned to 432 Hz (Hz) yields differential effects on cardiovascular parameters and psychological outcomes compared to 443 Hz, which is the concert pitch in German professional orchestras.
Methods: Using a randomized cross-over design, patients with cancer were recruited to receive both a 15-minute sound intervention with a body monochord tuned to 432-443 Hz. Before (pre) and after (post) intervention, cardiovascular parameters were measured using the VascAssist2.
Oncol Res Treat
February 2023
Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.
Aim: Cancer remains a disease with a significant impact on morbidity and mortality but also on quality of life. This prospective randomized pilot study investigated the effects of a sound intervention on physical and emotional well-being in outpatients with cancer.
Methods: Two self-applied sound interventions were used for this purpose, either active "music playing" with a body monochord or passive sound intervention with headphones to listen to a given music compilation.
Complement Ther Med
December 2012
Institute for Medical Psychology, University Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Background: Chemotherapy is the most distressing form of cancer treatment in oncology, but listening to music can be an adjuvant during chemotherapy. Monochord (MC) sounds are used in music therapy for the alleviation of pain, enhanced body perception, and relaxation. This study investigated the relaxation effect of MC sounds for patients during chemotherapy compared with progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), an established relaxation technique.
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December 2008
Psychosoziale Abteilung, Klinik fur Tumorbiologie, Freiburg i.Br., Deutschland.
Background: Music therapy can play an important role in psycho-oncology and promote relaxation or coping processes. This pilot study presents an evaluation of receptive music therapy performed in a group at an oncological rehabilitation hospital,with a focus on the experiences made by the patients.
Patients And Methods: Single-group pre-post study on patients receiving at least 4 sessions of music therapy during a 3-week rehabilitation.
Necessity for consideration of present hearing tests.-Testing of tonal limits considered; present tests accepted as satisfactory. Anomalous results of comparison of perception of the monochord by air and bone conduction.
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