Monitoring the Autonomic Nervous Activity as the Objective Evaluation of Music Therapy for Severely and Multiply Disabled Children

• Published in: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine Vol. 227; no. 3; pp. 185 - 189
• Main Authors: Orita, Makiko, Hayashida, Naomi, Shinkawa, Tetsuko, Kudo, Takashi, Koga, Mikitoshi, Togo, Michita, Katayama, Sotetsu, Hiramatsu, Kozaburo, Mori, Shunsuke, Takamura, Noboru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Tohoku University Medical Press 2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Autonomic Nervous System - physiology; Autonomic Nervous System - physiopathology; Case-Control Studies; cerebral palsy; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; disabled children; Disabled Children - rehabilitation; Female; Heart Rate - physiology; heart rate variability; high frequency; Humans; Male; Monitoring, Physiologic; Music Therapy; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult

Severely and multiply disabled children (SMDC) are frequently affected in more than one area of development, resulting in multiple disabilities. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of music therapy in SMDC using monitoring changes in the autonomic nervous system, by the frequency domai...