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Trial reportClinical rehabilitation2018

Home-based neurologic music therapy for arm hemiparesis following stroke: results from a pilot, feasibility randomized controlled trial.

Alexander J Street, Wendy L Magee, Andrew Bateman, Michael Parker, Helen Odell-Miller, Jorg Fachner

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Clinical rehabilitation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Motivation as a Measurable Outcome in Stroke Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review of the Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alexander J Street1 Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Wendy L Magee2 Music Therapy Program, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Andrew Bateman3 Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Michael Parker7 Postgraduate Medical Institute, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK.
Helen Odell-Miller1 Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Jorg Fachner1 Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Anglia Ruskin University · GBDigital Catapult · GBTemple University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo assess the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial to evaluate music therapy as a home-based intervention for arm hemiparesis in stroke.

designA pilot feasibility randomized controlled trial, with cross-over design. Randomization by statistician using computer-generated, random numbers concealed in opaque envelopes.

settingParticipants' homes across Cambridgeshire, UK. SUBJECTS: Eleven people with stroke and arm hemiparesis, 3-60 months post stroke, following discharge from community rehabilitation.

interventionsEach participant engaged in therapeutic instrumental music performance in 12 individual clinical contacts, twice weekly for six weeks. MAIN MEASURES: Feasibility was estimated by recruitment from three community stroke teams over a 12-month period, attrition rates, completion of treatment and successful data collection. Structured interviews were conducted pre and post intervention to establish participant tolerance and preference. Action Research Arm Test and Nine-hole Peg Test data were collected at weeks 1, 6, 9, 15 and 18, pre and post intervention by a blinded assessor.

resultsA total of 11 of 14 invited participants were recruited (intervention n = 6, waitlist n = 5). In total, 10 completed treatment and data collection.

conclusionIt cannot be concluded whether a larger trial would be feasible due to unavailable data regarding a number of eligible patients screened. Adherence to treatment, retention and interview responses might suggest that the intervention was motivating for participants.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT 02310438.

Indexed as

Home Care ServicesMusic TherapyStroke RehabilitationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCross-Over StudiesFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedParesisPilot ProjectsStrokeTreatment OutcomearmfeasibilityhemiparesisHome caremusic therapyrehabilitationstroke

Identifiers

PMID28643570
PMCPMC5751852
OpenAlexW2722506195

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