The Effects of Music Therapy as a Complementary Intervention in the Treatment of Pediatric Asthma

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Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

The onset of asthma is particularly frightening for children. When the symptoms of asthma decrease, children and parents forget about the maintenance and control of breath and lung volume. Because adherence is so poor, asthma is known as the emergency room illness. The playing of a wind instrument is a unique way to provide a creative means for children and teens to understand both the impact of diaphramatic breathing and their ability to control it as well. This study builds upon the evidence, though sparse, that suggest that the blowing of a wind instrument with clinical music therapy intervention strengthens the muscles of breathing and fortifies the incentive toward attending to the daily symptoms and general management of asthma.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02201836

Run by

Beth Israel Medical Center

People needed

200

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2012-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-07-28

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• between the ages of 7 and 18
• diagnosed with asthma

You may not qualify if…

• over 18

Where it is running

• Beth Israel Medical Center — New York, New York, United States

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