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​Physiological Benefits

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Sustained drumming activity is linked to significant improvement in the immune system, and an elevation in pain threshold. 

Recreational music-making modulates natural killer cell activity, cytokines, and mood states in corporate employees 
​Masatada Wachi, Masahiro Koyama, Masanori Utsuyama, Barry B. Bittman, Masanobu Kitagawa, Katsuiku Hirokawa

​Anxiety/Depression         Workplace Wellness
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Effects of Group Drumming Interventions on
Anxiety, Depression, Social Resilience and Inflammatory Immune Response among  Mental Health Service Users       
​Daisy Fancourt, Rosie Perkins, Sara Ascenso, Livia A. Carvalho, Andrew Steptoe

​Anxiety/Depression         Workplace Wellness
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COMPOSITE EFFECTS OF GROUP DRUMMING MUSIC THERAPY ON MODULATION OF NEUROENDOCRINE-IMMUNE PARAMETERS  IN NORMAL SUBJECTS
​Barry B. Bittman, Lee S. Berk, David L. Felten,  James Westengard,  O. Carl Simonton

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Performance of music elevates pain threshold and positive affect: implications for the evolutionary function of music.
Dunbar, Kaskatis,  MacDonald

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