Chie Usui1,2, Eiji Kirino2,3, Shoji Tanaka4, Rie Inami2, Kenya Nishioka5, Kotaro Hatta1,2, Toshihiro Nakajima6, Kusuki Nishioka7, Reiichi Inoue2. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University Nerima Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. 2. Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. 3. Juntendo Shizuoka Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan. 4. Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. 5. Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. 6. Institute of Innovative Medical Science and Education, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. 7. National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aims of the present study were to examine the effects of short-term music interventions among patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and to clarify the alterations in functional connectivity and persistent pain. DESIGN: Pilot study. SETTING: All participants were evaluated at Juntendo University from November 2017 to January 2019. SUBJECTS: We enrolled female patients who had been clinically diagnosed with FM (N = 23). METHODS: All participants listened to Mozart's Duo for Violin and Viola No. 1, K. 423, in a quiet room for 17 minutes. We compared the degree of pain using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and the numeric rating scale before and after listening to music. RESULTS: Pain scores were significantly reduced after listening to music. Further, we observed there was a significant difference in connectivity between the right insular cortex (IC) and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC)/precuneus (PCu) before and after listening to music. We also found that the difference between the right IC-PCu connectivity and the difference in pain scores were significantly correlated. CONCLUSIONS: We found that a short period of music intervention reduced chronic pain and altered functional IC-default mode network connectivity. Furthermore, music potentially normalized the neural network via IC-default mode network connectivity, yielding temporary pain relief in patients with FM. Further longitudinal studies with larger sample sizes are required to confirm these results.
OBJECTIVE: The aims of the present study were to examine the effects of short-term music interventions among patients with fibromyalgia (FM) and to clarify the alterations in functional connectivity and persistent pain. DESIGN: Pilot study. SETTING: All participants were evaluated at Juntendo University from November 2017 to January 2019. SUBJECTS: We enrolled female patients who had been clinically diagnosed with FM (N = 23). METHODS: All participants listened to Mozart's Duo for Violin and Viola No. 1, K. 423, in a quiet room for 17 minutes. We compared the degree of pain using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging and the numeric rating scale before and after listening to music. RESULTS:Pain scores were significantly reduced after listening to music. Further, we observed there was a significant difference in connectivity between the right insular cortex (IC) and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC)/precuneus (PCu) before and after listening to music. We also found that the difference between the right IC-PCu connectivity and the difference in pain scores were significantly correlated. CONCLUSIONS: We found that a short period of music intervention reduced chronic pain and altered functional IC-default mode network connectivity. Furthermore, music potentially normalized the neural network via IC-default mode network connectivity, yielding temporary pain relief in patients with FM. Further longitudinal studies with larger sample sizes are required to confirm these results.
Authors: Sigrid Juhl Lunde; Peter Vuust; Eduardo A Garza-Villarreal; Irving Kirsch; Arne Møller; Lene Vase Journal: Front Pain Res (Lausanne) Date: 2022-04-04