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Ambient Medicine®. Telematic musical feedback in hypertension therapy

  • Background : Acoustic signals can modulate metabolic and central nervous functions and evoke physiological effects within humans. Especially, the anti-hypertensive effect of certain iterative sound patterns as possible intervention in essential hypertension, which originates in many cases from stress, is examined with COMES ® , the Cognitive Medical System based on telemedicine. Methods : This contribution describes the structure, the mode of operation and introduces the detailed results of the prospective observational study ( N = 20) of musical feedback in hypertension therapy. Results : It is shown that the music used for intervention can decrease blood pressure significantly ( t -test). The reduction averages −2.57 mmHg ( p = 0.013) RRsys, −1.54 mmHg ( p = 0.003) RRdia. This is comparable with pharmaceutical interventions. Discussion : COMES offers a great number of application options in diagnostics and therapy including an automatic intervention channel. It is possible to gather authentic data patterns in the patient’sBackground : Acoustic signals can modulate metabolic and central nervous functions and evoke physiological effects within humans. Especially, the anti-hypertensive effect of certain iterative sound patterns as possible intervention in essential hypertension, which originates in many cases from stress, is examined with COMES ® , the Cognitive Medical System based on telemedicine. Methods : This contribution describes the structure, the mode of operation and introduces the detailed results of the prospective observational study ( N = 20) of musical feedback in hypertension therapy. Results : It is shown that the music used for intervention can decrease blood pressure significantly ( t -test). The reduction averages −2.57 mmHg ( p = 0.013) RRsys, −1.54 mmHg ( p = 0.003) RRdia. This is comparable with pharmaceutical interventions. Discussion : COMES offers a great number of application options in diagnostics and therapy including an automatic intervention channel. It is possible to gather authentic data patterns in the patient’s personal environment and thus to obtain an immediate, realistic impression of arbitrary intervention structures. Therapists get further instruments to involve their patients actively into the therapy process at home. The measurement of various physiological parameters allows both patient and therapist a direct feedback on the efficacy of therapeutic intervention or relaxation exercises.show moreshow less

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Author:Petra FriedrichGND, Bernhard Wolf
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/08098131.2016.1180159
Identifier:0809-8131 OPAC HS OPAC extern
Parent Title (English):Nordic Journal of Music Therapy
Publisher:Routledge
Place of publication:London
Document Type:conference proceeding (summary)
Conference:10th European Music Therapy Conference, 10., 2016, Wien
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2016/10/12
Year of first Publication:2016
Tag:COMES; Feedback; Hypertension; Musictherapy; Telemedicine
Volume:25
Issue:sup1: Abstracts of the 10th European Music Therapy Conference
Number of pages:2 Seiten
First Page:127
Last Page:128
Institutes:Fakultät Elektrotechnik
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften
Research focus:FSP4: Soziale Innovationen
Publication Lists:Friedrich, Petra
Publication reviewed:begutachtet
Release Date:2021/02/15
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