<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Music therapy and the use of music in medical practice have now become rapidly advancing and promising areas of non-invasive alternative medicine. However, the opinions of physicians and therapists on the implementation of this complementary therapy, especially in the process of treating the patient, are constantly different. In addition, the effect of music and individual methodological procedures are not uniform and defined in detail. Therefore, this review study summarizes the results and conclusions of some selected high-quality publications over the last decade and makes suggestions for improvement and further research. It focuses mainly on the evaluation of changes in heart rate variability (HRV) as an indicator of the activity of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in connection with the application of music in the process of passive music therapy.</p></abstract>

Music therapy and the use of music in medical practice have now become rapidly advancing and promising areas of non-invasive alternative medicine. However, the opinions of physicians and therapists on the implementation of this complementary therapy, especially in the process of treating the patient, are constantly different. In addition, the effect of music and individual methodological procedures are not uniform and defined in detail. Therefore, this review study summarizes the results and conclusions of some selected high-quality publications over the last decade and makes suggestions for improvement and further research. It focuses mainly on the evaluation of changes in heart rate variability (HRV) as an indicator of the activity of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in connection with the application of music in the process of passive music therapy.

The Effect of Music on Heart Rate Variability (Review)

Department of Medical Biophysics, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin

Department of Physiology, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin

Acta Medica Martiniana

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Music therapy and the use of music in medical practice have now become rapidly advancing and promising areas of non-invasive alternative medicine. However, the...

The Effect of Music on Heart Rate Variability (Review)

Published Online: Apr 03, 2021

Page range: 1 - 8

Received: Nov 20, 2020

Accepted: Jan 19, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acm-2021-0001

Keywords
music therapy, heart rate variability, review article

© 2021 D Parizek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Effect of Music on Heart Rate Variability (Review)

Published Online: Apr 03, 2021

Page range: 1 - 8

Received: Nov 20, 2020

Accepted: Jan 19, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acm-2021-0001

Keywordsmusic therapy, heart rate variability, review article

© 2021 D Parizek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
music therapy, heart rate variability, review article