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Music therapy(MT) is generally classified into recreational MT in broad sense and therapeutic MT in the narrow meaning. In the latter cases, observing and evaluating the case is necessary. The MT sessions are held rather common for the aged people. We must set a long-term goal in response to the cases; to prevent the reducing mental/physical function and to avoid dementia for the healthy people, to maintain/improve the various functions for the patients with dementia and cerebral vascular accident (CVA), to aim the advancement of QOL for the patients with severe status or in the palliative care. Various evaluating methods are seen: Bando proposed 20 items including sensation, behavior and ADL/QOL; Saji proposed 10 items including activity, persistence, cooperation, emotion, intelligence, singing/playing, handling, walking, smooth action, verbal response. Matsui summarized general MT diagnostic table and MT evaluation table for the aged, and other methods by Kitamoto (Utatsuyama), Okazaki/ Monma, and Akaboshi are seen. The number of the music therapists registered by Japanese Music Therapy Association is increasing, and 1<sup>st</sup> Asian International Symposium of Music Therapy was held in March 2009. Thus, MT has become more important in Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM).<br>
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We had the opportunities to visit some centers of warm bath therapy at Dubai in UAE, Doha in Qatar and Istanbul in Turk in 2008. In addition to author’s experience, each interview concerning CAM and/or warm bath therapy was taken from the center staffs. Useful information for developing CAM would be summarized and introduced in this report.<br>
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Stone age humans were nomadic and dependent on hunting, which made genes for “thriftiness” beneficial for survival. However, in modern man—with his gluttony and lack of exercise—this gene possesses no merit, leading to the increase of lifestyle-related disease and necessity of exercise. Continuous exercise improves insulin resistance and decreases visceral fat. In the case of elderly with less muscle volume, resistance exercise is necessary. According to the 2007 Exercise Guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Heart Association (AHA), exercise for health is different from typical movements in daily life, and vigorous exercise is necessary. In Japan, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare formulated the “Exercise and Physical Activity Guide for Health Promotion 2006”, in which physical activity is classified into exercise and non-exercise activity (NEA), and the quantity goal of physical activity for health promotion was set at 23 units or more per week. In the exercise formula for respiratory rehabilitation, we can set 4 variables of frequency, intensity, time and type (FITT), and utilize Target Dyspnea Rating (TDR). And for cardiac rehabilitation, we can use the guidelines of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and Guidelines for Exercise Training in Patients with Heart Disease (JCS 2002).<br>
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Currently, music therapy (MT) is a focus within complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). MT is divided into two categories: recreational music (covering a broad field) and medical music therapy. It is not sufficient that the patient simply feel better; the evaluation methodology itself should be improved. MT can also be categorized as passive (ie, listening) and active (singing and/or playing instruments). Common MT subjects in Japan are infants, patients with psychiatric disorders or dementia, and the aged. Recently, combination therapy of MT and other CAM therapies has become more common and is gaining official recognition at a policy level. As MT is further developed, it is expected to play an increasingly important role in CAM in the future. Research in evidence- and narrative-based MT is also expected to progress.<br>