Effects of active musical engagement during physical exercise on anxiety, pain and motivation in patients with chronic pain
The experience of anxiety is central to the development of chronic pain. Music listening has been previously shown to exert analgesic effects. Here we tested if an active engagement in music making is more beneficial than music listening in terms of anxiety and pain levels during physical activity t...
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| author | Lydia Schneider Ulrich Tiber Egle Doris Klinger Wolfgang Schulz Arno Villringer Thomas Hans Fritz Thomas Hans Fritz |
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| description | The experience of anxiety is central to the development of chronic pain. Music listening has been previously shown to exert analgesic effects. Here we tested if an active engagement in music making is more beneficial than music listening in terms of anxiety and pain levels during physical activity that is often avoided in patients with chronic pain. We applied a music feedback paradigm that combines music making and sports exercise, and which has been previously shown to enhance mood. We explored this method as an intervention to potentially reduce anxiety in a group of patients with chronic pain (N = 24, 20 female and 4 men; age range 34–64, M = 51.67, SD = 6.84) and with various anxiety levels. All participants performed two conditions: one condition, Jymmin, where exercise equipment was modified with music feedback so that it could be played like musical instruments by groups of three. Second, a conventional workout condition where groups of three performed exercise on the same devices but where they listened to the same type of music passively. Participants' levels of anxiety, mood, pain and self-efficacy were assessed with standardized psychological questionnaires before the experiment and after each condition. Results demonstrate that exercise with musical feedback reduced anxiety values in patients with chronic pain significantly as compared to conventional workout with passive music listening. There were no significant overall changes in pain, but patients with greater anxiety levels compared to those with moderate anxiety levels were observed to potentially benefit more from the music feedback intervention in terms of alleviation of pain. Furthermore, it was observed that patients during Jymmin more strongly perceived motivation through others. The observed diminishing effects of Jymmin on anxiety have a high clinical relevance, and in a longer term the therapeutic application could help to break the Anxiety Loop of Pain, reducing chronic pain. The intervention method, however, also has immediate benefits to chronic pain rehabilitation, increasing the motivation to work out, and facilitating social bonding. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5ddd20fc5f024f53991f49dd6b01d9a02022-12-22T04:39:37ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pain Research2673-561X2022-11-01310.3389/fpain.2022.944181944181Effects of active musical engagement during physical exercise on anxiety, pain and motivation in patients with chronic painLydia Schneider0Ulrich Tiber Egle1Doris Klinger2Wolfgang Schulz3Arno Villringer4Thomas Hans Fritz5Thomas Hans Fritz6Department of Neurology, Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, GermanyPsychiatrische Klinik Sanatorium Kilchberg, Zürich, SwitzerlandVitos Klinik für Psychosomatik, Weilmünster, GermanyDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Diagnostics, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Neurology, Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, GermanyInstitute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music (IPEM), University of Ghent, Ghent, BelgiumThe experience of anxiety is central to the development of chronic pain. Music listening has been previously shown to exert analgesic effects. Here we tested if an active engagement in music making is more beneficial than music listening in terms of anxiety and pain levels during physical activity that is often avoided in patients with chronic pain. We applied a music feedback paradigm that combines music making and sports exercise, and which has been previously shown to enhance mood. We explored this method as an intervention to potentially reduce anxiety in a group of patients with chronic pain (N = 24, 20 female and 4 men; age range 34–64, M = 51.67, SD = 6.84) and with various anxiety levels. All participants performed two conditions: one condition, Jymmin, where exercise equipment was modified with music feedback so that it could be played like musical instruments by groups of three. Second, a conventional workout condition where groups of three performed exercise on the same devices but where they listened to the same type of music passively. Participants' levels of anxiety, mood, pain and self-efficacy were assessed with standardized psychological questionnaires before the experiment and after each condition. Results demonstrate that exercise with musical feedback reduced anxiety values in patients with chronic pain significantly as compared to conventional workout with passive music listening. There were no significant overall changes in pain, but patients with greater anxiety levels compared to those with moderate anxiety levels were observed to potentially benefit more from the music feedback intervention in terms of alleviation of pain. Furthermore, it was observed that patients during Jymmin more strongly perceived motivation through others. The observed diminishing effects of Jymmin on anxiety have a high clinical relevance, and in a longer term the therapeutic application could help to break the Anxiety Loop of Pain, reducing chronic pain. The intervention method, however, also has immediate benefits to chronic pain rehabilitation, increasing the motivation to work out, and facilitating social bonding.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2022.944181/fullchronic painphysical activitymusical feedbackmusical agencyanxietymotivation |
| spellingShingle | Lydia Schneider Ulrich Tiber Egle Doris Klinger Wolfgang Schulz Arno Villringer Thomas Hans Fritz Thomas Hans Fritz Effects of active musical engagement during physical exercise on anxiety, pain and motivation in patients with chronic pain Frontiers in Pain Research chronic pain physical activity musical feedback musical agency anxiety motivation |
| title | Effects of active musical engagement during physical exercise on anxiety, pain and motivation in patients with chronic pain |
| title_full | Effects of active musical engagement during physical exercise on anxiety, pain and motivation in patients with chronic pain |
| title_fullStr | Effects of active musical engagement during physical exercise on anxiety, pain and motivation in patients with chronic pain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of active musical engagement during physical exercise on anxiety, pain and motivation in patients with chronic pain |
| title_short | Effects of active musical engagement during physical exercise on anxiety, pain and motivation in patients with chronic pain |
| title_sort | effects of active musical engagement during physical exercise on anxiety pain and motivation in patients with chronic pain |
| topic | chronic pain physical activity musical feedback musical agency anxiety motivation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2022.944181/full |
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