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University Hospitals Connors Whole Health study finds certain music therapy interventions may be more beneficial for pain
2025
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Carly Belsterling
Language
English
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University Hospitals
Country
United States (USA)

This article presents a study exploring the use of music therapy interventions for pain management in adults. Findings show that recreative and music-assisted relaxation and imagery interventions were significantly more likely to reduce pain intensity than receptive only interventions and also suggest that male patients, medicaid beneficiaries, and patients with sickle cell disease were less likely to report pain reduction.

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