TY - JOUR
T1 - Enriched Music-supported Therapy for chronic stroke patients
T2 - a study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
AU - Grau-Sánchez, Jennifer
AU - Segura, Emma
AU - Sanchez-Pinsach, David
AU - Raghavan, Preeti
AU - Münte, Thomas F.
AU - Palumbo, Anna Marie
AU - Turry, Alan
AU - Duarte, Esther
AU - Särkämö, Teppo
AU - Cerquides, Jesus
AU - Arcos, Josep Lluis
AU - Rodríguez-Fornells, Antoni
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (ref. PGC2018-099859-B-I00) to A.R.F, by 2017-SGR-172 from Generalitat de Catalunya to J.L.A. Study resulting from the 201729.30 project, funded by La Marató de TV3. We thank CERCA Programme / Generalitat de Catalunya for institutional support.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovaci?n y Universidades (ref. PGC2018-099859-B-I00) to A.R.F, by 2017-SGR-172 from Generalitat de Catalunya to J.L.A. Study resulting from the 201729.30 project, funded by La Marat? de TV3. We thank CERCA Programme / Generalitat de Catalunya for institutional support. Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute Avinguda de la Granvia de l?Hospitalet, 199, 08908 L?Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona - Spain
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Background: Residual motor deficits of the upper limb in patients with chronic stroke are common and have a negative impact on autonomy, participation and quality of life. Music-Supported Therapy (MST) is an effective intervention to enhance motor and cognitive function, emotional well-being and quality of life in chronic stroke patients. We have adapted the original MST training protocol to a home-based intervention, which incorporates increased training intensity and variability, group sessions, and optimisation of learning to promote autonomy and motivation. Methods: A randomised controlled trial will be conducted to test the effectiveness of this enriched MST (eMST) protocol in improving motor functions, cognition, emotional well-being and quality of life of chronic stroke patients when compared to a program of home-based exercises utilizing the Graded Repetitive Arm Supplementary Program (GRASP). Sixty stroke patients will be recruited and randomly allocated to an eMST group (n = 30) or a control GRASP intervention group (n = 30). Patients will be evaluated before and after a 10-week intervention, as well as at 3-month follow-up. The primary outcome of the study is the functionality of the paretic upper limb measured with the Action Research Arm Test. Secondary outcomes include other motor and cognitive functions, emotional well-being and quality of life measures as well as self-regulation and self-efficacy outcomes. Discussion: We hypothesize that patients treated with eMST will show larger improvements in their motor and cognitive functions, emotional well-being and quality of life than patients treated with a home-based GRASP intervention. Trial registration: The trial has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov and identified as NCT04507542 on 8 August 2020.
AB - Background: Residual motor deficits of the upper limb in patients with chronic stroke are common and have a negative impact on autonomy, participation and quality of life. Music-Supported Therapy (MST) is an effective intervention to enhance motor and cognitive function, emotional well-being and quality of life in chronic stroke patients. We have adapted the original MST training protocol to a home-based intervention, which incorporates increased training intensity and variability, group sessions, and optimisation of learning to promote autonomy and motivation. Methods: A randomised controlled trial will be conducted to test the effectiveness of this enriched MST (eMST) protocol in improving motor functions, cognition, emotional well-being and quality of life of chronic stroke patients when compared to a program of home-based exercises utilizing the Graded Repetitive Arm Supplementary Program (GRASP). Sixty stroke patients will be recruited and randomly allocated to an eMST group (n = 30) or a control GRASP intervention group (n = 30). Patients will be evaluated before and after a 10-week intervention, as well as at 3-month follow-up. The primary outcome of the study is the functionality of the paretic upper limb measured with the Action Research Arm Test. Secondary outcomes include other motor and cognitive functions, emotional well-being and quality of life measures as well as self-regulation and self-efficacy outcomes. Discussion: We hypothesize that patients treated with eMST will show larger improvements in their motor and cognitive functions, emotional well-being and quality of life than patients treated with a home-based GRASP intervention. Trial registration: The trial has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov and identified as NCT04507542 on 8 August 2020.
KW - Music therapy
KW - Music-supported therapy
KW - Rehabilitation
KW - Stroke
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U2 - 10.1186/s12883-020-02019-1
DO - 10.1186/s12883-020-02019-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 33435919
AN - SCOPUS:85099176179
SN - 1471-2377
VL - 21
JO - BMC Neurology
JF - BMC Neurology
IS - 1
M1 - 19
ER -