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[Music therapy and occupational medicine]

Musicoterapia e Medicina del Lavoro

Authors

  • Alfredo Raglio – articles in this journal Corresponding author Email Dipartimento di Sanità pubblica, Medicina sperimentale e forense. Sezione di Medicina del Lavoro “S. Maugeri”, Università degli Studi di Pavia; Unità Operativa Ospedaliera di Medicina del Lavoro (UOOML), IRCCS Fondazione S. Maugeri, Pavia, Italy.
  • Chiara Imbriani – articles in this journal Unità Operativa Ospedaliera di Medicina del Lavoro (UOOML), IRCCS Fondazione S. Maugeri, Istituto scientifico di Pavia, Italy.
  • Enrico Oddone – articles in this journal Dipartimento di Sanità pubblica, Medicina sperimentale e forense. Sezione di Medicina del Lavoro “S. Maugeri”, Università degli Studi di Pavia; Unità Operativa Ospedaliera di Medicina del Lavoro (UOOML), IRCCS Fondazione S. Maugeri, Pavia, Italy.
Published
7 April 2025
Section
Reviews
DOI
10.4081/gimle.661
Pages
257-260

Abstract

This review focuses on randomized and clinical controlled trials regarding the use of music in workplaces. The paper represents a possible starting point to introduce a scientific approach in the use of music techniques in the occupational medicine, improving psychological and work performance outcomes. Some key points about the definition of music approaches and their aims were reported in the article.

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