Takeaway
- This study suggests that music-based exercise programme has a positive effect on mood profile in patients with stroke.
- Recovery rate is higher when exercise rehabilitation programme is accompanied by an enriched sound environment with experiential music.
Why this matters
- Recent research has shown that music therapy has a positive effect on psychological and cognitive states of elderly patients; however, these positive effects are questionable as not much is known about the wider potential effect of the recovery environment after stroke.
Study design
- Prospective randomised study of 65 stroke survivor patients (music group, n=24; control group, n=41) who underwent neuropsychological assessment at baseline and 6-month post stroke.
- Funding: None disclosed.
Key results
- Statistically significant differences were found in lesion size (P=.001) and cerebral blood flow in the affected area (P=.001) between the music and control groups.
- Overall, recovery was seen in 26 patients; recovery was higher in the music group compared with the control group (26.2% vs 13.8%; P=.001).
- Multivariate analysis revealed that only music group (OR, 0.11; P=.001) and lesion size (OR, 0.798; P=.013) were the independent predictors for recovery.
Limitations
- Single-centre small study
- Confounding factors were not examined.
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