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

NCT02201836 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2014-07-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

One time music therapy

OTHER

Group music therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Beth Israel Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joanne Loewy, DA · Beth Israel Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2012-01-31
Completion
2012-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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