Music‐supported therapy in the rehabilitation of subacute stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial

• Published in: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1423; no. 1; pp. 318 - 328
• Main Authors: Grau‐Sánchez, Jennifer, Duarte, Esther, Ramos‐Escobar, Neus, Sierpowska, Joanna, Rueda, Nohora, Redón, Susana, Veciana de las Heras, Misericordia, Pedro, Jordi, Särkämö, Teppo, Rodríguez‐Fornells, Antoni
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2018
• Subjects: Clinical trials; Cognitive ability; Mood; Motivation; Motor skill; Motor task performance; Music; music‐supported therapy; Paresis; Patients; Quality of life; Randomization; randomized controlled trial; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Therapy; rehabilitation; music-supported therapy; stroke; randomized controlled trial

The effect of music‐supported therapy (MST) as a tool to restore hemiparesis of the upper extremity after a stroke has not been appropriately contrasted with conventional therapy. The aim of this trial was to test the effectiveness of adding MST to a standard rehabilitation program in subacute strok...