NCT04507542

Enriched Music-Supported Therapy to Restore Motor Deficits After Stroke

Playing and Singing for the Recovering Brain: Efficacy of Enriched Social-Motivational Musical Interventions in Stroke Rehabilitation

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Barcelona · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Music-Supported Therapy (MST) is a rehabilitation technique to improve the upper extremity motor function of stroke patients through playing musical instruments. A modified version of the MST protocol has been created (hereafter, referred as enriched MST, eMST) to include (i) a home-based self-training program using an app for electronic tablets and (ii) weekly group sessions of musical playing strengthening the motivational and emotional components of music playing. A randomised controlled trial will be conducted to test the effectiveness of this enriched MST (eMST) protocol in improving motor functions, cognition, emotional well-being and quality of life when compared to a program of home-based exercises utilizing the Graded Repetitive Arm Supplementary Program (GRASP). Sixty stroke patients will be recruited and randomly allocated to an eMST group (n=30) or a control GRASP intervention group (n=30). Patients will be evaluated before and after a 10-week intervention, as well as at 3-month follow-up. The primary outcome of the study is the functionality of the paretic upper limb measured with the Action Research Arm Test. Secondary outcomes include other motor and cognitive functions, emotional well-being and quality of life measures as well as self-regulation and self-efficacy outcomes. We hypothesize that patients treated with eMST will show larger improvements in their motor and cognitive functions, emotional well-being and quality of life than patients treated with a home-based GRASP intervention.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Enriched Music-Supported Therapy	Home-based rehabilitation program for stroke patients aimed at improving the upper extremity motor function. The program is based on musical training, combining self-training sessions of music playing using an app for electronic tablets and music therapy group sessions.
BEHAVIORAL	Graded Repetitive Arm Supplementary Program	Home-based rehabilitation program for stroke patients aimed at improving the upper extremity motor function. The program comprises self-training sessions of mass repetition of movements and task-specific exercises for the upper extremity.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-01
• Primary completion: 2021-07-01
• Completion: 2022-07-01
• First posted: 2020-08-11
• Last updated: 2020-08-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain