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- Title
The Impact of Music Perception on Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST).
- Authors
Evers, Stefan; Brameyer, Henning; Pogatzki-Zahn, Esther
- Abstract
Objective: The impact of listening to music on pain perception has been evaluated using questionnaires and numeric/visual analogue scales. In this study, the impact of music perception on sensory pain functions was measured by means of quantitative sensory testing. Methods: We enrolled 10 female and 10 male healthy subjects (10 of them were professional musicians). All subjects underwent, in total, four quantitative sensory testing measures (first: baseline; second: after pleasant music [Johannes Brahms, 3rd symphony, 3rd movement]; third: after unpleasant music [Krzysztof Penderecki, Threnos]; fourth: after a longer break). The pleasantness of music was evaluated using the Ertel differential scale. Results: After the participants listened to pleasant music, an increased sensitivity to cold stimuli (both threshold and pain), to mechanical stimuli (only for threshold), and to repeated stimuli (wind-up reaction) was noted. Listening to unpleasant music was not associated with changes in sensitivity. We did not observe any significant differences between male and female subjects or between musicians and non-musicians. There was no significant correlation between the rating of the music as pleasant/unpleasant and the different quantitative sensory testing measures. Conclusions: Our data show that listening to music inducing a pleasant feeling can increase the sensitivity to stimuli applied during a quantitative sensory testing session. This should be considered when performing or interpreting quantitative sensory testing examinations. Interestingly, this finding is in contrast to the observation that listening to music can decrease pain perception during painful procedures.
- Subjects
BRAHMS, Johannes, 1833-1897; PENDERECKI, Krzysztof, 1933-2020; MUSIC therapy; GENDER differences (Sociology); PAIN perception; PAIN threshold
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024, Vol 13, Issue 9, p2471
- ISSN
2077-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jcm13092471