Effects of music therapy on the pressure pain threshold, cognitive function, and emotions of college students: A randomized controlled trial

作者：Luning Jia, Chengcheng Wu, Kailimi Li, Yanjun Liu, Rui Li, Weiyuan Lu, Haoyu Hu, Xue‐Qiang Wang · 发表于：Healthcare and Rehabilitation · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1016/j.hcr.2024.100009 · 被引用次数：3 · 研究领域：Music Therapy and Health、Neuroscience and Music Perception、Diverse Music Education Insights

Nonpharmacological interventions, including music therapy, are widely used for pain management and improving cognitive function and emotional well-being. Music therapy has particularly shown significant benefits in chronic pain management. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of music therapy in lowering the pressure pain threshold (PPT) and enhancing cognitive function and emotional well-being. The interrelationships among these factors were also investigated. A randomized controlled trial was employed in this study. A total of 54 participants were recruited, with 40 healthy college students randomly assigned to one of two groups. The music therapy group listened to Mozart’s K. 448 for 20 min, whereas the control group listened to it for 2 min. Each participant’s 50-minute session comprised a pre-session, intervention, and post-session, with 15 min for emotional and cognitive assessments of the pre- and post-sessions and 20 min for the intervention. The outcome measures included the PPT, Color-Word Stroop test (CWST), and self-assessment manikin (SAM) score. The average PPT of most muscles significantly increased in the music therapy group ( P < 0.05) than in the control group. In the CWST, the music therapy group performed more accurately than the control group did. The increase in the mean of the SAM score of arousal was also statistically significantly higher in the music therapy group than in the control group. Correlation analysis showed a moderate positive co...