The Use of Music Therapy in the Prevention of Falls

NCT ID: NCT00121693

Last Updated: 2016-01-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Total Enrollment

266 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2003-12-31

Study Completion Date

2006-10-31

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Accidental Falls Healthy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Music Listening 1

Intervention: Listen to Music type 1

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Music therapy (listening to specific music)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Listening to Music

Music Listening 2

Intervention: Listen to Music type 2

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Music therapy (listening to specific music)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Listening to Music

Music LIstening 3

Intervention: Listen to Music type 3

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Music therapy (listening to specific music)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Listening to Music

Control

Intervention: Listen to White noise

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Music therapy (listening to specific music)

Listening to Music

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* No history of previous fall(s) or dizziness

Exclusion Criteria

* History of previous fall(s) or dizziness
Minimum Eligible Age

17 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

90 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Frederick Carrick, PhD, FACCN

Prinicipal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Frederick R Carrick, PhD, FACCN

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

Elena Ogerro, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

Guido Pagnacco, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

Locations

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Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Carrick FR, Oggero E, Pagnacco G. Posturographic changes associated with music listening. J Altern Complement Med. 2007 Jun;13(5):519-26. doi: 10.1089/acm.2007.7020.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17604555 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CI-01-03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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