Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Comparative Efficacy of Active Group Music Intervention versus Group Music Listening in Alzheimer's Disease.
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- Effectiveness of group-based art interventions for late-life depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Efficacy of music therapy as a non-pharmacological measure to support alzheimer's disease patients: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Music-based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Comparing the efficacy of physical therapy interventions in Alzheimer's disease: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- A bayesian network meta-analysis to explore modifying factors in randomized controlled trials: what works for whom to reduce depression in nursing home residents?BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Inconsistent Music-Based Intervention Reporting in Dementia Studies: A Systematic Mapping Review.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2024Pooled it
- The impact of music listening intervention on Asia elderly with dementia: a systematic review.European journal of medical research · 2023Pooled it
- The effect of music therapy on cognitive functions in patients with Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2023Pooled it
- Smartphone App-Based Music-Facilitated Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program Integrating Rhythm-Guided Walking and Singing for Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
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- Comparing the effects of active or passive music therapy on negative symptoms and cognitive function in patients with chronic schizophrenia.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of action and advances in application of music therapy in improving cognitive impairment based on the theory of neuroplasticity.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
- Music activities that most elicit interest and pleasure among older people with mild-to-moderate dementia: a qualitative multiple-case study in Italy.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- Music therapy in health care practice: promise, pitfalls, and policy implications.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Review
- Communal music as a tool to improve positive affect after social ostracism or negative autobiographical memory recollection.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Telecoaching and Music Therapy in Neurological Disorders: A Narrative Review and Proposal for a New Interventional Approach.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Case report: Monitoring consciousness with fNIRS in a patient with prolonged reduced consciousness following hemorrhagic stroke undergoing adjunct taVNS therapy.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Effects of group music sessions on cognitive and psychological functions in healthy older adults.Frontiers in aging · 2025Article
- Music-induced cognitive change and whole-brain network flexibility: a pilot study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMusic interventions are promising therapies for the management of symptoms in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Globally, music interventions can be classified as active or receptive depending on the participation of the subjects. Active and receptive music tasks engage different brain areas that might result in distinctive clinical effects. This study aims to compare the clinical effects of two types of music interventions and a control activity.
methodsNinety AD patients from six nursing homes participated in the study. Nursing homes were randomly and blindly assigned to receive either active music intervention, receptive music intervention, or the usual care. Effects on cognition, behaviour, daily living activities, and motor function were assessed.
resultsActive music intervention improved cognition, behaviour, and functional state in a higher extent than both receptive music intervention and usual care. The effect size of active music intervention for cognitive deficits and behavioural symptoms was large (η
conclusionsActive music intervention is useful to improve symptoms of AD and should be prescribed as a complement to the usual treatment.
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