Compare the Effectiveness of Music Therapy and Neurofeedback on Psychosomatic Disorder Pain Relief

This study aimed to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of music therapy and neurofeedback, as two non-invasive methods, on the reduction of pain in patients with somatic complaints.
The samples of the study include 86 students of Payame Noor University of Tehran who were selected on the basis of the complaints of physical pain and medical diagnosis. All subjects completed measures of pain, physical symptoms, and Takata responded Sakata. Then they were divided to in the intervention groups and received music therapy or neurofeedback. The data were analyzed by applying Covariance.
Findings: The results indicated that neurofeedback, compared to music therapy, had significant effects impact on reducing the patient's physical symptoms, especially on their headache.
According to the results could show that neurofeedback effect on brain waves and lead to psychosomatic pains’ reduction.