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Select Indian Ragas on Electrophysiological Parameters

NCT03790462 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 166

Last updated 2021-02-11

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Summary

In India, music is predominantly used as entertainment. Despite ample vedic literature available on the beneficial effects of ragas in Indian music on human mind and body, scientific evidence for the same is extremely meager. This initial systematic study of 6 ragas, is an attempt to provide scientific evidence and validate the use of Indian classical music \& thus present the scientific community with a new complementary therapy / non- pharmacological mode of treatment which could be used in prevention of various non-communicable diseases. In our previous study on prehypertensives and hypertensives, blood pressure (BP) reduced significantly after listening to Indian music \[raga 'bhimpalas' (raga that normalizes BP)\], daily for 3 months. Heart rate variability (HRV) recorded once on recruitment and end of study failed to show any change. On retrospection, we realised that the effect of only a single raga had been tested and the acute effects had not been elucidated. Specifically, EEG waves \& cognitive ERPs were not studied. Hence a study encompassing all the 6 ragas that are known to normalize BP as given in literatures such as Gandharva Veda (Sama Veda) \& Raga Chikitsa was planned. Among these, 3 ragas are now being studied \& data analysis is in line. This proposal is to study the immediate electrophysiological changes with remaining 3 ragas. Music can be prescribed as a cheap and effective adjuvant in the treatment of hypertension along with other lifestyle modifications. To the best of our knowledge, there is scanty literature testing Indian ragas. Thus there is a great need to address this issue.

Conditions

  • Psychology, Social
  • Stress
  • Stress, Psychological

Interventions

OTHER

Music intervention

A raga out of 3 select Indian classical ragas "Puriya/Hindol/Todi" will be played for 10 minutes \& data collected.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Indian Council of Medical Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • MS Ramaiah Medical College & Hospitals

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • MEDHA RAO Y, MD · M S Ramaiah Medical college and hospitals

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-01
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2021-02-09

Countries

  • India

Study Locations

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