Clinical Research Directory

Binaural Beats for Postoperative Pain and Anxiety Reduction

To deliver a 30-minute binaural beats audio intervention in PACU and collect pain and anxiety outcomes immediately following surgery, and 4 hours following surgery completion in adults undergoing ambulatory total knee arthroplasty and total hip arthroplasty (TKA and THA).

The Impact of Classical Music on Performance in Robotic Surgery Simulation

In this experimental crossover study using the da Vinci simulator, the aim is to investigate how classical music influences the surgical performance of medical students. Following a brief training phase, participants complete standardized tasks under two conditions (no music vs. classical music). Performance is assessed using an objective trainer score. The study is conducted in a risk-free simulation environment, the stimuli are standardized, participation is voluntary, and data are collected in a pseudonymized manner. The goal is to obtain evidence-based insights into the effects of music and distraction on training and the working environment in robotic surgery.

Testing the Effects of Music on Short and Long Term Psychological Outcomes and Step Counts in Children

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate whether asynchronous music can improve outcomes of an 8-week long sport based youth development program. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does music increase step count during each lesson? * Does music create a larger improvement in affective valence, arousal, and rate of perceived exertion (RPE) during each lesson? * Does music create a long term improvement in enjoyment, commitment, and intrinsic motivation to exercise? * Does music show more improvement among sedentary participants versus active participants? Researchers will compare the results from the experimental group, which is exposed to music, to the control group, which is not exposed to music. Participants will: * Participate in the sport based youth development program, Hoosier Sport, during their school's physical education class once a week for 8 weeks. * Respond to 3 questions regarding affective valence, arousal, and RPE before and after each lesson. * Complete a detailed survey regarding basic demographics, their music preferences, enjoyment of exercise, motivation to exercise, commitment to exercise, and current activity levels before the intervention. * Complete the same sections regarding enjoyment of exercise, motivation to exercise, and commitment to exercise at a mid and end point of the intervention.

Effects of Music and Vibration on Morning Muscle Strength and Cognitive Measures in Males

Athletes often compete in the morning when they are biologically weaker; normally in competition heats or quarterfinals to qualify for the finals scheduled in the evening. Some athletes may even choose to perform at submaximal levels in these qualifying rounds, especially when they are expected to perform multiple times in the same day (such as weightlifting at the Olympic Games). Gross muscular performance such as power output or force production is greater in the evening than the morning (\~3-14% variation. Similarly, time-trial performance and repeated sprint performance (RSP) a good measure of performance in team sport) is \~3 and 5 % greater in the evening than the morning. To the best of our knowledge, no study has yet investigated combined effect of vibration technology after a warm-up or music of different frequencies during testing on cognitive and physiological performance. As a daily variation in muscle strength has been widely reported in a similar population the aims of the present study are to investigate if we can improve morning muscle performance by vibration technology after a warm-up or music of different frequencies during testing on cognitive and physiological performance.