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ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2018

Musical dual-task training in patients with mild-to-moderate dementia: a randomized controlled trial.

Yu-Ling Chen, Yu-Cheng Pei

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Article in Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06791720 (Effects of Music-with-Movement), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT06791720 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Music-with-Movement (Simultaneous Cognitive-motor Dual-task Training) on Cognitive and Physical Performance of People With Potentially Reversible Cognitive Frailty: a Randomised Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityRan2025 to 2027Enrolled113ConditionsPhysical Frailty, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Cognitive FrailtyArmsmusic-based cognitive-motor dual-task training/exercise, Social Gatherings
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2 authors.

Yu-Ling ChenDepartment of Music, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK, USA.
Yu-Cheng PeiDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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aimsDual-task training may improve dual-task gait performance, balance, and cognition in older adults with and without cognitive impairment. Although music has been widely utilized in dementia management, there are no existing protocols for music-based dual-task training. This randomized controlled study developed a Musical Dual-Task Training (MDTT) protocol that patients with dementia can use to practice walking and making music simultaneously, to enhance attention control in patients during dual-tasking.

methodsTwenty-eight adults diagnosed with mild-to-moderate dementia were assigned to the MDTT (n=15) or control groups (n=13). The MDTT group received MDTT, while the control group participated in non-musical cognitive and walking activities. The effects of MDTT were evaluated through the primary outcome of attention control, and secondary outcomes of dual-task performance, balance, falls efficacy, and agitation.

resultsThe MDTT group showed a significant improvement in attention control, while the control group did not (

conclusionMDTT, a music therapy intervention that demands a high level of cognitive processing, enhances attention control, falls efficacy, and helps alleviate agitation in patients with mild-to-moderate dementia.

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agitationattentiondementiaincidental fallsmusic therapy

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PMID29881275
PMCPMC5985768

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