Putting music to trial: Consensus on key methodological challenges investigating music‐based rehabilitation

Grau-Sánchez, Jennifer; Jamey, Kevin; Paraskevopoulos, Evangelos; Bella, Simone Dalla; Gold, Christian; Schlaug, Gottfried; Belleville, Sylvie; Rodrı́guez-Fornells, Antoni; Hackney, Madeleine E.; Särkämö, Teppo

doi:10.1111/nyas.14892

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“…For general recommendations on developing RTC music intervention research, refer to the recent consensus publication by (Grau-Sánchez et al, 2022).…”

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Does Music Training Improve Inhibition Control in Children? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Jamey

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Inhibition control is an essential executive function and the cornerstone of important skills during children's development, like self-regulation and the development of social and language abilities. Better inhibition control is associated with higher academic achievement (e.g., reasoning skills, mathematics, and science). Music training requires inhibition control when learning new motor skills of an instrument, synchronized group training, monitoring performance, and auditory stream prioritization. This meta-analysis examined for the first time whether music-based training improves inhibition control in children. A rigorous search of the literature from 1980 to 2022 yielded 2182 records (N = 1528). Twenty studies had longitudinal designs, of which eight were randomized-clinical trials (RCTs) with an active control condition. Inhibition control measures included the flanker, go/no-go, and Stroop tests or similar preschool adaptations. A random-effects meta-analysis of these studies showed a moderate-to-large effect size for improvement in inhibition control after music training compared to control programs in the eight RCTs (SMD = 0.63, CI = 0.41 to 0.85, p < .0001). The full set of twenty longitudinal studies that included quasi-experimental designs and passive control groups showed a small-to-moderate effect size (SMD = 0.36, CI = 0.21 to 0.50, p < .0001). These findings highlight that music training, probably owing to its time-bound multisensory and multimodal demands fostering brain plasticity, plays a privileged role in improving executive functioning in children, especially inhibition control. We recommend further validation of music training to complement education and as a therapeutic tool for clinical populations with inhibition control difficulties (e.g., Autism, ADHD).

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“…For general recommendations on developing RTC music intervention research, refer to the recent consensus publication by (Grau-Sánchez et al, 2022).…”

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“…Poetry slam training consequently would have a higher likelihood of showing improvements in the speech outcome than music training. A recent article by Grau-Sánchez et al (2022) provides general recommendations for choosing active control groups for music-based training.…”

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Does Music Training Improve Inhibition Control in Children? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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“…Moreover, because training of auditory–motor synchronization was found to improve executive functions (e.g., inhibition control) in typical development, 102–104 rhythmic training may be generally beneficial for a range of disorders. In most of the cases, the assessment of the benefits of auditory–motor synchronization in neurodevelopmental disorders awaits randomized control trials, including a comparable active control condition 18 . Rhythmic serious games can be instrumental for this purpose by providing a viable alternative to implement training protocols by taking advantage of their motivating and inclusive properties.…”

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“…The advantage of these technologies that allow for remote interventions is even more evident in a time of pandemics when in‐person interventions are impossible, or in the case of isolation or reduced mobility (for reviews, see Refs. 9 and 18).…”

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Rhythmic serious games as an inclusive tool for music‐based interventions

Bella

2022

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Technologies, such as mobile devices or sets of connected sensors, provide new and engaging opportunities to devise music-based interventions. Among the different technological options, serious games offer a valuable alternative. Serious games can engage multisensory processes, creating a rich, rewarding, and motivating rehabilitation setting. Moreover, they can be targeted to specific musical features, such as pitch production or synchronization to a beat. Because serious games are typically low cost and enjoy wide access, they are inclusive tools perfectly suited for remote at-home interventions using music in various patient populations and environments. The focus of this article is in particular on the use of rhythmic serious games for training auditorymotor synchronization. After reviewing the existing rhythmic games, initial evidence from a recent proof-of-concept study in Parkinson's disease is provided. It is shown that rhythmic video games using finger tapping can be used with success as an at-home protocol, and bring about beneficial effects on motor performance in patients. The use and benefits of rhythmic serious games can extend beyond the rehabilitation of patients with movement disorders, such as to neurodevelopmental disorders, including dyslexia and autism spectrum disorder.

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“…Studying the effect of music-based interventions in medical contexts is complex and requests strong methodology. Discussion with researchers in this field suggested that the main methodological research challenges relate to treatment, outcomes, research designs, and implementation ( 37 ). According to a systemic review, music sessions should last between 20 and 60 min and consist principally of harmonic variations ( 38 ).…”

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A web app-based music intervention reduces experimental thermal pain: A randomized trial on preferred versus least-liked music style

Soyeux

Marchand²

2023

Front. Pain Res.

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Digital technologies are increasingly being used to strengthen national health systems. Music is used as a management technique for pain. The objective of this study is to demonstrate the effects of a web app-based music intervention on pain. The participants were healthy adults and underwent three conditions: Conditioned Pain Modulation (CPM), Most-Liked Music (MLM) and Least-Liked Music (LLM). The music used is MUSIC CARE©, a web app-based personalized musical intervention (“U” Sequence based on a musical composition algorithm). Thermal pain was measured before starting the 20-min music intervention and after three time points for each music condition: 2.20, 11.30, and 20 min. Mean pain perceptions were significantly reduced under both LLM and MLM conditions. Pain decrease was more important under MLM condition than LLM condition at 2.20 min with a mean difference between both conditions of 9.7 (±3.9) (p = 0.0195) and at 11.30 min [9.2 (±3.3), p = 0.0099]. LLM is correlated with CPM but not MLM, suggesting different mechanisms between LLM and MLM. Musical intervention, a simple method of application, fits perfectly into a multidisciplinary global approach and helps to treat the pain and anxiety disorders of participants.Clinical trial registration: [https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04862832], ClinicalTrials.gov [NCT04862832].

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Putting music to trial: Consensus on key methodological challenges investigating music‐based rehabilitation

Cited by 19 publications

References 124 publications

Does Music Training Improve Inhibition Control in Children? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Does Music Training Improve Inhibition Control in Children? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Rhythmic serious games as an inclusive tool for music‐based interventions

A web app-based music intervention reduces experimental thermal pain: A randomized trial on preferred versus least-liked music style

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