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Efficacy of Music-Based Telerehabilitation After Stroke
Sponsor: Teppo Sarkamo
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a music-based telerehabilitation intervention implemented at home works to treat different kinds of neurological deficits caused by stroke. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) Can the music intervention improve recovery of cognitive, verbal, motor, and emotional deficits after stroke, 2) can the music intervention enhance structural and functional recovery of the brain, and (3) how different demographic, musical, and clinical background factors affect the way the music intervention works. Researchers will compare the music intervention to standard (usual) care to see if the music intervention works to treat the deficits caused by stroke. Subjects are stroke patients who will participate either in the music intervention 5 times/week for 10 weeks in addition to standard care or receive standard care only. During the trial, the subjects will undergo neuropsychological testing and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) three times: at baseline (before the intervention), at 3-month stage (immediately after the intervention), and at 6-month stage (3 months after the intervention).
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
30 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2025-02-01
Completion Date
2028-12
Last Updated
2025-03-27
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Music-based telerehabilitation
The music-based telerehabilitation program is a 10-week multicomponent intervention which includes (1) rhythm-based training of motor and cognitive (attention, working memory, executive function) functions, (2) singing-based training of speech production (using singing and melodic intonation therapy training), (3) playing-based training of upper-extremity motor functions (using instrumental training with a xylophone), and (4) music listening for enhancement of mood, attention, and memory. Training is done using a tablet computer and an online platform comprising a collection of short (3-5 min) training videos for each of the 4 training modules, which the patients are instructed to train with at home for 4 days / week (60 min/day). Additionally, the patients participate in a remote (online) music therapy session led by a music therapist for 1 day/week (60 min).
Locations (1)
University of Helsinki / Faculty of Medicine / Department of Psychology
Helsinki, Finland