Music could one day be used as a therapeutic tool for blood pressure control and heart patient rehabilitation, according to a new study. Previous studies have shown that music with faster tempos resulted in increased breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. And when the music was paused, breathing, heart rate and blood pressure decreased, sometimes below the beginning rate. Slower music caused declines in heart rates. In music, a crescendo is a gradual volume increase, and a drescendo is a gradual decrease. The new study showed that swelling crescendos appear to induce moderate arousal while decrescendos induce relaxation. Music induces a continuous, dynamic and to some extent predictable change in the cardiovascular system, said Dr Luciano Bernardi, lead researcher of the study and professor of internal medicine at Pavia University in Pavia, Italy.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Music may help heart attack victims
Music could one day be used as a therapeutic tool for blood pressure control and heart patient rehabilitation, according to a new study. Previous studies have shown that music with faster tempos resulted in increased breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. And when the music was paused, breathing, heart rate and blood pressure decreased, sometimes below the beginning rate. Slower music caused declines in heart rates. In music, a crescendo is a gradual volume increase, and a drescendo is a gradual decrease. The new study showed that swelling crescendos appear to induce moderate arousal while decrescendos induce relaxation. Music induces a continuous, dynamic and to some extent predictable change in the cardiovascular system, said Dr Luciano Bernardi, lead researcher of the study and professor of internal medicine at Pavia University in Pavia, Italy.
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