Heavy metal prevents cardiovascular disease

Bach or Heavy Metal help prevent cardiovascular disease

07/12/2013

People with hypertension are often recommended for classical music because of their therapeutic effect. But according to a study, heavy metal has a similarly positive effect on heart and circulation as music by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Effect of music comparable to medication
Listening to certain composers could possibly help reduce the risks of cardiovascular disease. At the University Hospital Marienhospital Herne, a small study with 60 participants showed that hearing the orchestral study no. 3 by Johann Sebastian Bach lowered blood pressure and heart rate. As the German high pressure league (DHL) announced, the baroque sounds lowered the blood pressure of the subjects by an average of 7.5 mm Hg systolic and 4.9 mm Hg diastolic, the heart rate by about seven beats per minute. These are relatively good values ​​compared to what you get with medication. Blood pressure and heart rate of the participants rose again after the sound.

Lower blood pressure with Heavy Metal
But listening to heavy metal can also have such positive effects on blood pressure, as scientists around Prof. Hans-Joachim Trappe from Ruhr-Universität Bochum observed. „Interestingly, we also detected blood pressure reductions in heavy metal music“, so the study director. However, it depends strongly on individual preferences, which music direction affects as on the blood pressure. Both styles of music were antihypertensive.

Music affects the nervous system
High blood pressure is one of the risk factors for stroke and heart attack. According to various studies, music affects the autonomic nervous system, which also controls the cardiovascular system. As a result, music also indirectly influences heart rate and respiratory rate, according to Trappe. According to the German high-pressure league in addition to Bach especially Mozart, Handel, Corelli, Albinoni and Tartini recommendable composers for patients with cardiovascular diseases. Their music is considered more predictable and less agitated than about the 20th century. It is not that far that music is now used in cardiovascular diseases „drug“ replace existing drugs. This depends on further investigations. „For this, first of all, a groundbreaking musical parameter has to be found´ a cardiovascular effect can be detected“, explains Trappe. (Ad)