ArticleFrontiers in neurology2016
Sonification of Arm Movements in Stroke Rehabilitation - A Novel Approach in Neurologic Music Therapy.
Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Hand Rehabilitation With Music Therapy Technique (Sonification) and Leap Motion Controller in Stroke Patients
Music After Stroke To Enhance Rehabilitation
Sonification Techniques for Gait Training: a Pilot Multicentric Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.
- Music-based therapy in rehabilitation of people with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review of clinical trials.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2021Pooled it
- Exploring the role of music therapy in multiple sclerosis: brief updates from research to clinical practice.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2019Pooled it
- Loudness affects motion: asymmetric volume of auditory feedback results in asymmetric gait in healthy young adults.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Trial
- Does sonification of action simulation training impact corticospinal excitability and audiomotor plasticity?Experimental brain research · 2021Trial
- Hand rehabilitation with sonification techniques in the subacute stage of stroke.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Reconsidering music in stroke rehabilitation: a scoping review from auditory stimulus to relational process.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Systematic review and meta-analysis reveal positive therapeutic effects of music in brain damage rehabilitation.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2026Review
- Active Rehabilitation Technologies for Post-Stroke Patients.Biosensors · 2025Review
- Music-based interventions using digital technology for individuals with acquired brain injuries: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- A Novel Online Position Estimation Method and Movement Sonification System: The Soniccup.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Movement Sonification Techniques to Improve Balance in Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Effect of sonification types in upper-limb movement: a quantitative and qualitative study in hemiparetic and healthy participants.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- NIH Music-Based Intervention Toolkit: Music-Based Interventions for Brain Disorders of Aging.Neurology · 2023Article
- Putting music to trial: Consensus on key methodological challenges investigating music-based rehabilitation.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2022Review
- Patterns of enhancement in paretic shoulder kinematics after stroke with musical cueing.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Sex Differences in Maintaining the Requested Handgrip Force Enhanced by Auditory or Visual Feedback.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Musical Sonification of Arm Movements in Stroke Rehabilitation Yields Limited Benefits.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2019Article
- A Review on the Relationship Between Sound and Movement in Sports and Rehabilitation.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Review
- Auditory Proprioceptive Integration: Effects of Real-Time Kinematic Auditory Feedback on Knee Proprioception.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2018Article
- Effects of Real-Time (Sonification) and Rhythmic Auditory Stimuli on Recovering Arm Function Post Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Gross motor impairments are common after stroke, but efficient and motivating therapies for these impairments are scarce. We present an innovative musical sonification therapy, especially designed to retrain patients' gross motor functions. Sonification should motivate patients and provide additional sensory input informing about relative limb position. Twenty-five stroke patients were included in a clinical pre-post study and took part in the sonification training. The patients' upper extremity functions, their psychological states, and their arm movement smoothness were assessed pre and post training. Patients were randomly assigned to either of two groups. Both groups received an average of 10 days (M = 9.88; SD = 2.03; 30 min/day) of musical sonification therapy [music group (MG)] or a sham sonification movement training [control group (CG)], respectively. The only difference between the two protocols was that in the CG no sound was played back during training. In the beginning, patients explored the acoustic effects of their arm movements in space. At the end of the training, the patients played simple melodies by coordinated arm movements. The 15 patients in the MG showed significantly reduced joint pain (F = 19.96, p < 0.001) in the Fugl-Meyer assessment after training. They also reported a trend to have improved hand function in the stroke impact scale as compared to the CG. Movement smoothness at day 1, day 5, and the last day of the intervention was compared in MG patients and found to be significantly better after the therapy. Taken together, musical sonification may be a promising therapy for motor impairments after stroke, but further research is required since estimated effect sizes point to moderate treatment outcomes.
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