The Use of Music Therapy in the Prevention of Falls

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Posturographic Changes Associated With Music Therapy and Fall Prevention

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00121693
• Other study ID #: CI-01-03
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 0
• First received: July 15, 2005
• Last updated: January 26, 2016
• Start date: December 2003
• Est. completion date: October 2006

Study information

• Verified date: January 2016
• Source: Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether listening to music will demonstrate changes in human postural stability and whether those changes might be useful in fall prevention strategies.

Description:

Falls are a serious health issue and are the greatest cause of death in the elderly. The use of music therapy in fall prevention has not been reported in the literature. This investigation will provide experimental support to the assumption that music therapy may prevent falls and that certain music can affect increases in postural stability using randomly selected subjects, validated posturography and a full experimental design.

Computer dynamic posturography (CDP) tests will provide stability scores in volunteer subjects who have had no previous history of falls or vertigo. Subjects will be randomized into several different music listening groups and one control group. Examiners will be blinded as to the music listened to and the outcome measurements. Subjects will be blinded as to their posturographic measurements. The music listening groups will be given a daily specific music listening task. CDP tests will be obtained 10 minutes, 1 week and 1 month after subject's treatment. Music selection will include Mozart, Nolwenn Leroy and others suggested to change human stability.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 266
• Est. completion date: October 2006
• Est. primary completion date: September 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 17 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• No history of previous fall(s) or dizziness

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of previous fall(s) or dizziness

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Accidental Falls
• Healthy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Music therapy (listening to specific music)
Listening to Music

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies	Cape Canaveral	Florida

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Carrick FR, Oggero E, Pagnacco G. Posturographic changes associated with music listening. J Altern Complement Med. 2007 Jun;13(5):519-26. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pretest and posttest scores will be collected for ten treatment conditions at three post-treatment times (10 minutes, 1 week, and 1 month)	balance testing before and after listening to music	Immediate pre and post balance testing	No