Music therapy in children with Sanfilippo Syndrome at the CIM in Bilbao.

Abstract

The development of an open clinical trial with 4 children diagnosed with Sanfilippo Syndrome, residents of Bizkaia, is presented in order to analyze the influence of music therapy on longterm neurocognitive parameters and biological parameters, as a reflection of anxiety. short term. A systematic conviction was carried out. The study focused on the evaluation of individual sessions (1 per week) at the CIM (Music Therapy Research Center) in Bilbao during the months of February to June 2015. Before and after each session, biological variables of the state were taken. Of anxiety. Each session began and ended with a musical passage. The general and musical rhythm of the session was adapted to the measured heart rate of the patient and the melodies that arose to his state of mind. The compressors were collected in the neurocognitive indicators and we observed a reduction in all the biological variables representative of anxiety, without a decrease in saturation at the end of the sessions. An improvement in physical and socio-emotional aspects was also demonstrated throughout the sessions.