Combination therapy for patients with a  developmental dysphasia: selected approaches based on special education, rehabilitation and psychology in a systematic case study
CONCLUSION: The results of the research point out the need for regular and close multidisciplinary cooperation of an occupational therapist, a physiotherapist, a special educator, a speech therapist, a music therapist and a psychologist when working with patients diagnosed with developmental dysphasia. These professions focus specifically on specific areas of support with a focus on cognitive, phatic and motor functions with the support of social adaptability.PMID:38131175 (Source: Neuroendocrinology Letters)
Source: Neuroendocrinology Letters - December 22, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Michal Vostr ý Ilona Pe šatová Barbora Lankov á Otakar Fleischmann Jaroslava Jel ínková Ivana Štolová Radka Beranov á Nikola Mundokov á Source Type: research

Impact of Music Therapy on Athletes & #8217; Health Sustainability: The Role of Positive Coaching and Health Literacy in Post COVID-19 Environment
(Source: American Journal of Health Behavior)
Source: American Journal of Health Behavior - December 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Liu, Aizhen Source Type: research

Acoustic stimulation for relieving pain during venipuncture: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Conclusions Music interventions were associated with reduced venipuncture pain. Comparisons between types of acoustic stimulations revealed no significant differences. Therefore, music intervention could be a safe and inexpensive pain relief method for venipuncture. PROSPERO registration number CRD42022303852. (Source: BMJ Open)
Source: BMJ Open - December 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Yamada, Y., Kitamura, M., Inayama, E., Kishida, M., Kataoka, Y., Ikenoue, T. Tags: Open access, Anaesthesia Source Type: research

Treatment effects of adjunct group music therapy in inpatients with chronic schizophrenia: a systematic review
ConclusionEvidence from this review suggests rehabilitation with adjunctive regular PML or combined ASMM in group settings may provide therapeutic engagement, contributing to improvements in social interest and participation. PML is low-cost and non-invasive therapy. Enhancing overall QoL as one type of psychosocial therapy. More rigorous longitudinal studies with larger sample sizes are needed to investigate whether regular long-term individual PML and active group music therapy have the same significant treatment effects as coping and rehabilitation strategies. (Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry)
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - December 19, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

2023 MASCC/ESMO consensus antiemetic guidelines related to integrative and non-pharmacological therapies
ConclusionWhile a limited number of suggestions are provided, there is a need for significantly  higher quality trials in many of the therapeutic approaches assessed, before stronger recommendations and a wider range of approaches are made. (Source: Supportive Care in Cancer)
Source: Supportive Care in Cancer - December 16, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research

Online-merge-offline (OMO)-based music therapy for asthmatic children during the COVID-19 pandemic in China
Conclusion: As a child-friendly, low-risk, and convenient intervention, the OMO-based MT has a positive impact on pediatric asthma management during the COVID-19 pandemic.What is Known:• A few findings proved the positive effect of MT on pediatric asthma.What is New:• Our study further proving the validation and effectiveness of MT with OMO-based model on pediatric asthma, wind instrument playing has a greater impact on pediatric asthma control via small airways and might be recommended to mix to singing and breathing to improve effectiveness of MT for asthma tic children. (Source: European Journal of Pediatrics)
Source: European Journal of Pediatrics - December 16, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research