The Use of Music Therapy in the Prevention of Falls

Posturographic Changes Associated With Music Therapy and Fall Prevention

Status

Completed

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00121693

Enrollment

266

Registered

2005-07-21

Start date

2003-12-31

Completion date

2006-10-31

Last updated

2016-01-27

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Conditions

Accidental Falls, Healthy

Keywords

Fall prevention, posturography, music therapy

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether listening to music will demonstrate changes in human postural stability and whether those changes might be useful in fall prevention strategies.

Detailed description

Falls are a serious health issue and are the greatest cause of death in the elderly. The use of music therapy in fall prevention has not been reported in the literature. This investigation will provide experimental support to the assumption that music therapy may prevent falls and that certain music can affect increases in postural stability using randomly selected subjects, validated posturography and a full experimental design. Computer dynamic posturography (CDP) tests will provide stability scores in volunteer subjects who have had no previous history of falls or vertigo. Subjects will be randomized into several different music listening groups and one control group. Examiners will be blinded as to the music listened to and the outcome measurements. Subjects will be blinded as to their posturographic measurements. The music listening groups will be given a daily specific music listening task. CDP tests will be obtained 10 minutes, 1 week and 1 month after subject's treatment. Music selection will include Mozart, Nolwenn Leroy and others suggested to change human stability.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALMusic therapy (listening to specific music)

Listening to Music

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

17 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* No history of previous fall(s) or dizziness

Exclusion criteria

* History of previous fall(s) or dizziness

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Pretest and posttest scores will be collected for ten treatment conditions at three post-treatment times (10 minutes, 1 week, and 1 month)	Immediate pre and post balance testing	balance testing before and after listening to music

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026