Drumming away pain: music therapy tested for chronic sufferers
NCT ID NCT06600685
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a special type of music therapy, called Functionally Oriented Music Therapy (FMT), can improve quality of life for people with long-term muscle and joint pain. Seventy adults with pain lasting at least three months will take part in weekly 20-minute sessions using drums, cymbals, flutes, and balance tools. The goal is to see if this drug-free approach can reduce pain, fear of movement, and anxiety while boosting physical and mental well-being.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Functionally oriented music therapy (FMT) - a body-based music therapy using drums, cymbals, flutes, and balance tools
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a drug-free way to ease pain and improve well-being for people with long-term muscle and joint pain.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early, small study (70 people) testing a method not yet proven for this condition. The effect may be small or none, and results may not apply to everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * People with long-term musculoskeletal pain that occurred for at least three months. * People over 18 years of age. * People able to understand and speak Swedish or English Exclusion Criteria: * Severe hearing loss * Visual impairment * Cognitive impairment. Pain conditions caused by: * malignancy * severe spinal pathology or * neurological disease that severely limit the ability to perform activities.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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FMT centrum
Eskilstuna, Eskilstuna, 633 42, Sweden