Purpose: To summarize the available evidence from systematic reviews with meta-analysis on the effects of music-based interventions in adults diagnosed with cancer. Methods: An overview of systematic reviews was conducted. CINHAL, Embase, PEDro, PubMed, Scopus, the Cochrane Library and Web of Science were searched from inception until November 2022. Systematic reviews with meta-analysis in individuals with cancer (any type), any comparator, and outcomes of cancer-related pain, fatigue, and psychosocial symptoms were eligible. The methodological quality of systematic reviews and the amount of spin of information in the abstract were assessed. The Graphical Representation of Overlap for OVErviews tool (GROOVE) was used to explore the overlap of primary studies among systematic reviews. Results: Thirteen systematic reviews, with over 9000 participants, containing 119 randomized trials and 34 meta-analyses of interest, were included. Music-based interventions involved passive music listening or patients’ active engagement. Most systematic reviews lacked a comprehensive search strategy, did not assess the certainty in the evidence and discussed their findings without considering the risk of bias of primary studies. The degree of overlap was moderate (5.81%). Overall, combining music-based interventions and standard care seems to be more effective than standard care to reduce cancer-related pain, fatigue, and distress. Mixed findings were found for other psychosocial measures. Conclusion: Music-based interventions could be an interesting approach to modulate cancer-related pain, fatigue, and distress in adults with cancer. The variability among interventions, together with important methodological biases, detract from the clinical relevance of these findings.

Se trata de un recurso audiovisual pensado como material docente para el aprendizaje de la Facilitación Neuromuscular Propioceptiva (FNP). En concreto, el objetivo de este vídeo didáctico es facilitar una demostración práctica de la ejecución de las dos diagonales y cuatro patrones de movimiento del miembro superior descritos según FNP. Para ello, en cada una de las demostraciones se hará un análisis de los siguientes componentes: • La posición inicial del paciente y del fisioterapeuta. • Los parámetros de movimiento que componen el patrón. • La colocación de las tomas manuales del fisioterapeuta. • La ejecución manual por parte del fisioterapeuta. • La aplicabilidad del patrón a actividades funcionales de la vida diaria. Las demostraciones prácticas que componen este vídeo didáctico no reproducen técnicas específicas de FNP, sino la ejecución pasiva y activa de cada patrón de movimiento. Para profundizar en las distintas técnicas del método aplicadas al miembro superior se recomienda visualizar el Volumen III de esta colección. Este recurso didáctico está dirigido, principalmente, a estudiantes universitarios del Grado en Fisioterapia y del Doble Grado en Fisioterapia y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y el Deporte. Se trata de un recurso que puede ser aplicado de manera transversal a lo largo de los distintos cursos que conforman las titulaciones. En concreto, sería de utilidad principalmente en las asignaturas obligatorias de Cinesiterapia, Fisioterapia en las Disfunciones del Sistema Musculoesquelético, Fisioterapia en Especialidades Clínicas I y IV, Fisioterapia de la Actividad Física y el Deporte y Fisioterapia Neurológica y Psicomotriz. Este recurso sería especialmente útil para: • Consolidar conocimientos teóricos • Desarrollar habilidades manuales • Prepararse para prácticas supervisadas • Fomentar el razonamiento terapéutico • Fortalecer el aprendizaje autónomo El método de Facilitación Neuromuscular Propioceptiva (FNP), también conocido como método Kabat por su desarrollador, el neurólogo Herman Kabat, es una técnica de fisioterapia orientada a mejorar la función motora mediante la estimulación de los receptores propioceptivos del cuerpo. Se fundamenta en principios neurofisiológicos que buscan facilitar o inhibir la actividad muscular a través de patrones de movimiento diagonales y espirales, combinados con estímulos como el estiramiento, la resistencia y el contacto manual. Este enfoque se utiliza ampliamente en rehabilitación neurológica y musculoesquelética para optimizar la coordinación, la fuerza y el control motor (1-3). Este recurso audiovisual recoge demostraciones prácticas guiadas que permite a los estudiantes no solo comprender la teoría, sino también observar y analizar la aplicación práctica del método.

Breast cancer is the most prevalent malignancy among women. The disease and its treatments often lead to physical and psychosocial impairments, compromising quality of life. While exercise and music-based interventions have individually demonstrated benefits on these symptoms, the advantages of their combination remain unexplored. This study evaluates whether a concurrent exercise program, including aerobic and strength training performed while listening to music based on individual preferences, is more effective than the same exercise program without music in improving self-esteem, body image, cancer-related fatigue, physical function (upper and lower limb strength and cardiorespiratory endurance), quality of life, sleep quality, and intolerance of uncertainty in female breast cancer survivors. A single-blind, two-arm, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial will be conducted including 42 women who completed primary treatment for stage 0–III breast cancer at least six months before enrollment. Participants will be randomly assigned to a music-listening concurrent exercise training group (MLTG), or a no music exercise training group (NMLTG), both performing the same 8-week exercise program. The primary outcome will be self-esteem (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale). Secondary outcomes include body image, fatigue, upper and lower limb strength, cardiovascular endurance, quality of life, sleep quality, and intolerance of uncertainty. Measurements will be collected using validated and reliable questionnaires and standardized functional tests at baseline, post-intervention, and at 6 months. Data will be analyzed under the intention-to-treat principle. Music listening, particularly when based on individual preferences and synchronized with movement, may enhance mood and exercise performance while modulating reward-related neural pathways. This trial will provide new evidence on a feasible and low-cost strategy to enhance supportive care and physical and psychosocial outcomes in breast cancer survivors. ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT07045961). Ethics Committee code: 2025-0855.