The effect of playing music on human body and clinical use of music - for functional bowel syndrome and irritable bladder-

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25560355
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Applied health science
• Research Institution: Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences (2014); Jikei University School of Medicine (2013)
• Principal Investigator: TOSHIMA Hiroko 千葉県立保健医療大学, 健康科学部, 教授 (70328342)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 自律神経機能 / 音楽演奏

Outline of Final Research Achievements

[Background and purpose] Recently, music therapy has been performed. But we don’t know how it effects clearly. [Material and method] Volunteers played music while recording ECG and respiration rate. Fluctuation of autonomic function in playing music was measured by using the frequency analysis of RR interval. [Result] Music playing modify the autonomic function. Music appreciation, do not directly affect the autonomic function. Listening to music improves the mood.

Free Research Field

ストレス科学