The impact of different music genres on pain tolerance: emphasizing the significance of individual music genre preferences.

ABSTRACT: Music is a promising (adjunctive) treatment for both acute and chronic pain, reducing the need for pharmacological analgesics and their side effects. Yet, little is known about the effect of different types of music. Hence, we investigated the efficacy of five music genres (Urban, Electronic, Classical, Rock and Pop) on pain tolerance. In this parallel randomized experimental study, we conducted a cold pressor test in healthy volunteers (n = 548). The primary outcome was pain tolerance, measured in seconds. No objective (tolerance time) or subjective (pain intensity and unpleasantness) differences were found among the five genres. Multinomial logistic regression showed that overall genre preference positively influenced pain tolerance. In contrast, the music genres that participants though

SUBMITTER: Van der Valk Bouman ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11411120 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature