A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal

Music-based interventions in neurological rehabilitation




AuthorsAleksi J Sihvonen, Teppo Särkämö, Vera Leo, Mari Tervaniemi, Eckart Altenmüller, Seppo Soinila

PublisherELSEVIER SCIENCE INC

Publication year2017

JournalLancet Neurology

Volume16

Issue8

First page 648

Last page660

Number of pages13

ISSN1474-4422

eISSN1474-4465

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(17)30168-0(external)

Web address http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(17)30168-0/fulltext(external)


Abstract

During the past ten years, an increasing number of controlled studies have assessed the potential rehabilitative effects of music-based interventions, such as music listening, singing, or playing an instrument, in several neurological diseases. Although the number of studies and extent of available evidence is greatest in stroke and dementia, there is also evidence for the effects of music-based interventions on supporting cognition, motor function, or emotional wellbeing in people with Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, or multiple sclerosis. Music-based interventions can affect divergent functions such as motor performance, speech, or cognition in these patient groups. However, the psychological effects and neurobiological mechanisms underlying the effects of music interventions are likely to share common neural systems for reward, arousal, affect regulation, learning, and activity-driven plasticity. Although further controlled studies are needed to establish the efficacy of music in neurological recovery, music-based interventions are emerging as promising rehabilitation strategies.



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