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

• Project/Area Number: 24593306
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: SHINKAWA Tetsuko 長崎大学, 医歯薬学総合研究科(保健学科), 准教授 (30619482)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HAYASHIDA Naomi 長崎大学, 原爆後障害医療研究所, 教授 (00420638) ; TAKAMURA Noboru 長崎大学, 原爆後障害医療研究所, 教授 (30295068) ; KOGA Mikitoshi 活水女子大学, 音楽学部, 准教授 (60341591)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 重症心身障害児 / 音楽療法 / 心拍間隔変動 / 自律神経 / 小型モニタリングチップ / 臨床的所見

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In 2012, using a small monitoring chip on children with mental and physical disorders, we investigated the use value of music therapy. The results of that study showed that, even though the children demonstrated no visible reaction to the therapy, there were also cases in which fluctuations in their autonomic nerves were observed. Music therapy continued in 2013 with the group studied in 2012 (children with physical and mental disabilities). In addition, for the new study, the small monitoring chip was used to evaluate the effectiveness of foot bathing. The results demonstrated that parasympathetic nerves were inhibited by the music therapy.
Music therapy was continued for the study group in 2014. Changes in our clinical findings appeared in two children among this group.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Evaluation of the effectiveness of warm footbath on heart rate variability in patients with profound multiple disabilities (2014)
  • Author(s): Orita M, Hayashida N, Shinkawa T, Urata T, Kudo T, Koga M, Katayama S,Togo M, Hiramatsu K, Takamura N
  • Journal Title: Life Sci J Volume: 11 Pages: 88-92
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Monitoring the Autonomic Nervous Activity as the Objective Evaluation of Music Therapy for Severely and Multiply Disabled Children (2012)
  • Author(s): Makiko Orita, Naomi Hayashida, Tetsuko Shinkawa, Takashi Kudo, Mikitoshi Koga, Michita Togo, Sotetsu Katayama, Kozaburo Hiramatsu, Shunsuke Mori, Noboru Takamura
  • Journal Title: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine Volume: 227 Issue: 3 Pages: 185-189
  • DOI: 10.1620/tjem.227.185
  • NAID: 10030943760
  • ISSN: 0040-8727, 1349-3329
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 生体モニタリング評価を通じた重症心身障害児における音楽療法の有効性の検討 (2015)
  • Author(s): 新川哲子
  • Organizer: 題20回日本看護研究学会九州・沖縄地方会学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 琉球大学医学部(沖縄県)
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-21