Abstract
Background: Low back pain (LBP) disproportionately affects older black adults, often leading to inadequate treatment due to clinician biases. Objective pain measures are imperative, and Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) shows promise for pain detection.
Aim: To determine the impact of listening to home-based preferred web app-based music on underlying pain processing mechanisms at the central nervous level in older black adults aged ≥65 with LBP.
Methods: Twenty older black adults with LBP listened to preferred music twice daily for four days using the MUSIC CARE® app. Neuroimaging data were collected using fNIRS. Data were transformed to changes in oxy-hemoglobin and deoxy-hemoglobin concentrations and analyzed.
Results: Significant cortical activation pattern differences were observed between pre-and post-intervention scans, particularly in somatosensory regions. Post-intervention scans showed significantly reduced hemodynamic activities.
Conclusion: Preferred music listening has the potential to alleviate pain, and fNIRS emerges as a promising tool for exploring cortical-level pain-related neural circuits.
Aim: To determine the impact of listening to home-based preferred web app-based music on underlying pain processing mechanisms at the central nervous level in older black adults aged ≥65 with LBP.
Methods: Twenty older black adults with LBP listened to preferred music twice daily for four days using the MUSIC CARE® app. Neuroimaging data were collected using fNIRS. Data were transformed to changes in oxy-hemoglobin and deoxy-hemoglobin concentrations and analyzed.
Results: Significant cortical activation pattern differences were observed between pre-and post-intervention scans, particularly in somatosensory regions. Post-intervention scans showed significantly reduced hemodynamic activities.
Conclusion: Preferred music listening has the potential to alleviate pain, and fNIRS emerges as a promising tool for exploring cortical-level pain-related neural circuits.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 135-143 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Geriatric Nursing |
| Volume | 54 |
| Early online date | 1 Oct 2023 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2023 |
Bibliographical note
Funding:This study was supported by Speros Martel Endowment for the Aging Award from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Cizik School of Nursing, Houston, Texas.
Keywords
- Music listening
- Low back pain
- Older Black Adult
- Functional near-infrared spectroscopy
- fNIRS