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NCT04200794: OC
Group Music Practice Enhances Development
NA trial testing musical instrumental training in Cognitive Change in 70 participants. Completed in 1 February 2019.
15 September 2018
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | School of Health Sciences Geneva |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | basic science |
| Enrollment | 70 |
| Start date | 1 June 2016 |
| Primary completion | 15 September 2018 |
| Estimated completion | 1 February 2019 |
| Sites | 1 location across Switzerland |
Drugs / interventions tested
- musical instrumental training
- sensitization to music
Conditions studied
- Cognitive Change — all drugs for Cognitive Change →
- Motor Activity — all drugs for Motor Activity →
Sponsor
School of Health Sciences Geneva
Who can join
Adults 9 to 13, any sex, with Cognitive Change or Motor Activity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This randomized controlled trial shows for the first time that focused musical instrumental practice as compared to traditional sensitization to music provokes multiple transfer effects in the cognitive and sensorimotor domain. Over the last two years of primary school (10-12-year-old children), sixty-nine children received biweekly musical instruction in a group setting by professional musicians within the regular school curriculum. The intervention group learned to play string instruments, whereas the control group, peers in parallel classes, was sensitized to music via listening, theory, and some practice. Broad benefits manifested in the intervention group as compared to the control group for working memory, attention, processing speed, cognitive flexibility, matrix reasoning, sensorimotor hand function and bimanual coordination Apparently, learning to play a complex instrument in a dynamic group setting impacts development much stronger than classical sensitization to music. Our results therefore highlight the added value of intensive musical instrumental training in a group setting, encouraging general implementation in public primary schools, better preparing children for secondary school and for daily living activities.
Publications & conference data
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04200794 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by School of Health Sciences Geneva
- Last refreshed: 16 December 2019
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