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ArticleArchives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation2021

Therapeutic Instrumental Music Training and Motor Imagery in Post-Stroke Upper-Extremity Rehabilitation: A Randomized-Controlled Pilot Study.

Catherine M Haire, Luc Tremblay, Veronica Vuong, Kara K Patterson, Joyce L Chen, Jonathan H Burdette, Nina Schaffert, Michael H Thaut

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Article in Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Catherine M HaireFaculty of Music, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Luc TremblayFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Veronica VuongFaculty of Music, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Kara K PattersonToronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Joyce L ChenFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jonathan H BurdetteWake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
Nina SchaffertDepartment of Movement Science, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Michael H ThautFaculty of Music, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the potential benefits of 3 therapeutic instrumental music performance (TIMP)-based interventions in rehabilitation of the affected upper-extremity (UE) for adults with chronic poststroke hemiparesis.

designRandomized-controlled pilot study.

settingUniversity research facility.

participantsCommunity-dwelling volunteers (N=30; 16 men, 14 women; age range, 33-76 years; mean age, 55.9 years) began and completed the protocol. All participants had sustained a unilateral stroke more than 6 months before enrollment (mean time poststroke, 66.9 months).

interventionTwo baseline assessments, a minimum of 1 week apart; 9 intervention sessions (3 times/week for 3 weeks), in which rhythmically cued, functional arm movements were mapped onto musical instruments; and 1 post-test following the final intervention. Participants were block-randomized to 1 of 3 conditions: group 1 (45 minutes TIMP), group 2 (30 minutes TIMP, 15 minutes metronome-cued motor imagery [TIMP+cMI]), and group 3 (30 minutes TIMP, 15 minutes motor imagery without cues [TIMP+MI]). Assessors and investigators were blinded to group assignment.

main outcome measuresFugl-Meyer Upper-Extremity (FM-UE) and Wolf Motor Function Test- Functional Ability Scale (WMFT-FAS). Secondary measures were motor activity log (MAL)-amount of use scale and trunk impairment scale.

resultsAll groups made statistically significant gains on the FM-UE (TIMP,

conclusionTIMP-based techniques, with and without MI, led to significant improvements in paretic arm control on primary outcomes. Replacing a physical training segment with imagery-based training resulted in similar improvements; however, synchronizing internal and external cues during auditory-cMI may pose additional sensorimotor integration challenges.

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cMI, cued motor imageryFM-UE, Fugl-Meyer–Upper ExtremityMAL, motor activity logMdn, medianMI, motor imageryMusicRehabilitationStrokeTIMP, therapeutic instrumental music performanceUE, upper extremityUpper extremityWMFT-FAS, Wolf Motor Function Test–Functional Ability Scale

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PMID34977544
PMCPMC8683865

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