Musiktherapie bei Multipler Sklerose (MUTIMS)

Group 1: Intervenion group: 6 weekly music therapeutic sessions of approximately 45 minutes. Lying 15 minutes on the Monochord, while the music therapists plays the instrument. Introductory ans closing talk of 5-10 minutes with the music therapist.
Group 2: Control group: The same procedures as the intervention group with the following exeption: Relaxing ca. 10-15 minutes while lying on top of the Monochord, without music.
Participants of the active control group will receive vouchers for 6 music-therapy sessions after study end.

Gender: All
Maximum age: None
Minimum age: 18 Years
Inclusion criteria: 1)Diagnosis of relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) or progressive (primary or secondary) MS
2)age >18ys
3)EDSS score of = 6.5
4)Written consent for participation in the study.
Background knowledge about music is not a prerequisite for study participation, but no exclusion criterium either.


Exclusion criteria: 1)Reported or medically recorded diagnoses of current serious psychological disorders including acute and severe depression, suicidality and severe anxiety syndromes
2)Other currently life-threatening or severely disabling physical disorders
3)>2 MS relapses within the last year
4)MS relapse within the last 3 months before recruitment
5)MS immune modulating medication altered within the last 3 months
6)Symptomatic MS medication for depression, anxiety, fatigue, pain or cognition altered in the last 3 months
7)Pregnancy (due to many possible pregnancy-related/hormonal changes in our primary and secondary outcomes)
8)Inability to lie supine for 15 min
9)Severely compromised hearing (unless patient has sufficient hearing aid)
10)Severe numbness in both hands, MS related or due to other causes.
Specifically vulnerable patient groups will not be included.