Printer friendly versionAromatherapy, Music Therapy and other Sensory Stimulation Therapies
This text is based on Cochrane reviews, which are recognized scientific articles.
What is a Cochrane Review?Authors: Department of Clinical Epidemiology at Aarhus University Hospital and ViFAB.
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None of the Cochrane reviews on aromatherapy, music therapy and other sensory stimulation therapies report a positive effect of the treatment.
The following treatments show a tendency towards a possible positive effect. However, the evidence is insufficient and cannot form the basis of general recommendations:
Force platform feedback for standing balance training after stroke
Music for stress and anxiety reduction in coronary heart disease patients
Music interventions for improving psychological and physical outcomes in cancer patients
Music therapy for acquired brain injury
Music therapy for autistic spectrum disorder
Pain control in first trimester surgical abortion
None of the Cochrane reviews on aromatherapy, music therapy and other sensory stimulation can conclude with certainty that the treatments are ineffective.
The main conclusion of the majority of the Cochrane reviews about aromatherapy, music therapy and other sensory stimulation is that there exists no solid evidence to determine the effectiveness of the treatments.
Some treatments seem promising, but due to methodological weaknesses in the studies there is no certain way to establish weather the promising results owe to an error or the treatments are genuinely effective.
Aromatherapy for pain management in labour
Art therapy for schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses
Auditory integration training and other sound therapies for autism spectrum disorders
Dance therapy for schizophrenia
Dance/movement therapy for improving psychological and physical outcomes in cancer patients
Drama therapy for schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like illnesses
Force platform feedback for standing balance training after stroke
Interventions for improving communication with children and adolescents about their cancer
Massage and touch for dementia
Music during caesarean section under regional anaesthesia for improving maternal and infant outcomes
Music for stress and anxiety reduction in coronary heart disease patients
Music interventions for improving psychological and physical outcomes in cancer patients
Music interventions for mechanically ventilated patients
Music therapy for acquired brain injury
Music therapy for autistic spectrum disorder
Music therapy for end-of-life care
Music therapy for people with dementia
Non-hormonal interventions for hot flushes in women with a history of breast cancer
Non-pharmacological interventions for assisting the induction of anaesthesia in children
Non-pharmacological interventions for wandering of people with dementia in the domestic setting
Pain control in first trimester surgical abortion
Preventing occupational stress in healthcare workers
Psychological interventions for people with cystic fibrosis and their families
Relaxation techniques for pain management in labour
Therapeutic touch for healing acute wounds