This thesis researches the efficacy of binaural beats for the treatment of chronic non-tumoral pain. The thesis is divided into theoretical and empirical part. The theoretical part discusses the impact of chronic pain on quality of life, psychological aspects of chronic pain and the changes in behaviour. The focus is on the treatment of chronic pain and its limitations. Binaural beats are presented as a new tool for treatment of chronic pain. The empirical part consists of the experiment focused on the effect of theta rhythm binaural beats on participants with chronic non-tumoral pain. The experiment was conducted at Klinika rehabilitace a tělovýchovného lékařství 2.LF UK a FNM. The sample size was 90 participants (N=90). Participants were divided into two groups- with intervention and without intervention. Participants with intervention listened binaural beats for 20 minutes, three times on average during their hospitalization. VAS, GAD- 7, BDI-II, TSK-CZ, Oswestry Disability Index and Emotion Thermometers methods were used. The first measurement took place before the hospitalization, the second before the intervention with binaural beats, then immediately after the intervention and at the end of hospitalization. The main aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of binaural beats in...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:436343 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Biedková, Paula |
| Contributors | Raudenská, Jaroslava, Štětovská, Iva |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Slovak |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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