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Experimental muscle pain and music, do they interact?
Author(s) -
Ernberg Malin,
AlKhdhairi Dina,
Shkola Kseniya,
Louca Jounger Sofia,
Christidis Nikolaos
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1111/jop.13067
Subject(s) - visual analogue scale , mcgill pain questionnaire , medicine , anxiety , interquartile range , physical therapy , classical music , hypertonic saline , anesthesia , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , visual arts , art , musical , psychiatry
Background Music is used to evoke audio analgesia during dental procedures, but it is unknown if experimental pain and music interact. This study aimed to explore the multisensory interaction between contrasting types of music and experimentally induced muscle pain. Methods In 20 healthy women, 0.3 mL sterile hypertonic saline (5.8%) was injected into the masseter muscle during three sessions while contrasting music (classical and black metal) or no music was played in the background. Pain intensity was assessed every 15 seconds with a 0‐100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS) until pain subsided. Pain spread (pain drawings), unpleasantness (VAS), anxiety (VAS), and pain quality (McGill Questionnaire) were assessed after the last pain assessment. Results Pain of high intensity was evoked at all sessions with a median (interquartile range) peak pain intensity of 78 (30) in the black metal music, 86 (39) in the classical music, and 77 (30) in the control session. The pain duration was 142 (150) seconds in the black metal music, 135 (150) seconds in the classical music, and 135 (172) seconds in the control session. The corresponding pain‐drawing areas were 42 (52), 37 (36), and 44 (34), arbitrary units respectively. There were no differences in any of these variables (Friedman's test; P ´s > .368), or in unpleasantness, anxiety, or pain quality between sessions ( P ´s > .095). Conclusions Experimentally induced muscle pain does not seem to be influenced by contrasting types of background music. Further studies exploring the multisensory integration between music and experimental muscle pain are needed.