NIH Music-Based Intervention Toolkit: Music-Based Interventions for Brain Disorders of Aging.
Emmeline EdwardsCoryse St Hillaire-ClarkeDavid W FrankowskiRobert FinkelsteinThomas CheeverWen G ChenLisa OnkenAmy PorembaRobert RiddleDana SchloesserCaitlin E BurgdorfNena WellsRenee FlemingFrancis S CollinsPublished in: Neurology (2023)
Music-based interventions (MBIs) show promise for managing symptoms of various brain disorders. To fully realize the potential of MBIs and dispel the outdated misconception that MBIs are rooted in "soft science," the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is promoting rigorously designed, well-powered MBI clinical trials. The pressing need of guidelines for scientifically rigorous studies with enhanced data collection brought together the Renée Fleming Foundation, the Foundation for the NIH, the Trans-NIH Music and Health Working Group, and an interdisciplinary scientific expert panel to create the NIH MBI Toolkit for research on music and health across the lifespan. The Toolkit defines the building blocks of MBIs, including a consolidated set of common data elements for MBI protocols, and core datasets of outcome measures and biomarkers for brain disorders of aging that researchers may select for their studies. Utilization of the guiding principles in this Toolkit will be strongly recommended for NIH-funded studies of MBIs.
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