The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2008;90:1791.
doi:10.2106/JBJS.9008.ebo1
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Evidence-Based Orthopaedics

Music Playing in a Cast Room Reduced Heart Rate in Children

Liu RW, Mehta P, Fortuna S, Armstrong DG, Cooperman DR, Thompson GH, Gilmore A. A Randomized Prospective Study of Music Therapy for Reducing Anxiety During Cast Room Procedures. J Pediatr Orthop. 2007Oct-Nov;27:831-3.[Medline]

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Question: In children having a cast-room procedure, does music therapy reduce anxiety?

Design: Randomized (unclear allocation concealment), unblinded controlled trial with follow-up immediately after the procedure.

Setting: Cast room of a hospital in Cleveland, Ohio.

Patients: 69 patients ≤10 years of age (mean age, 6 y) who were scheduled for cast application, cast removal, pin removal, or suture removal. All patients completed the study.

Intervention: At the start of every clinic, the cast room was allocated to have soft lullaby background music (n = 28) or no music (n = 41). The volume was set so that patients could be interviewed at normal voice level.

Main outcome measures: Pulse oximeter probes were placed on the patients in the waiting room. Heart rates were . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Mohammad Diab, MD

University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California


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