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Objective:
The objective of this study was to determine whether exposure to long-known music would evoke more extensive activation of brain regions minimally affected by Alzheimer disease (AD) pathology and outside traditional memory networks using a functional magnetic resonance imaging paradigm involving listening to long-known and recently-lear...
Background:
The burden of post-stroke cognitive impairment, as well as affective disorders, remains persistently high. With improved stroke survival rates and increasing life expectancy, there is a need for effective interventions to facilitate remediation of neurocognitive impairments and post-stroke mood disorders.
Objective:
To investigate th...
Background:
Repeated exposure to long-known music has been shown to have a beneficial effect on cognitive performance in patients with AD. However, the brain mechanisms underlying improvement in cognitive performance are not yet clear.
Objective:
In this pilot study we propose to examine the effect of repeated long-known music exposure on imagin...
Background: A common and debilitating challenge experienced by people with TBI is gait-associated mobility impairment and persisting cognitive impairments. Cognitive and physical impairments are often addressed independently during rehabilitation, however, increasing evidence links cognitive and motor processes more closely.
Objectives: (1) To dete...
Accumulating evidence suggests that the neural activations during music listening differs as a function of familiarity with the excerpts. However, the implicated brain areas are unclear. After an extensive literature search, we conducted an Activation Likelihood Estimation analysis on 23 neuroimaging studies (232 foci, 364 participants) to identify...
The relationship between speech production and perception is a topic of ongoing debate. Some argue that there is little interaction between the two, while others claim they share representations and processes. One perspective suggests increased recruitment of the speech motor system in demanding listening situations to facilitate perception. Howeve...
This study presented a novel kinematic assessment of paretic limb function “online” during the actual therapeutic exercisers rooted within the acceleration domain. Twenty-eight patients at chronic stroke stages participated in an auditory-motor intervention mapping reaching movements of the paretic arm unto surfaces of large digital musical instrum...
Research Objectives
To use a novel limb acceleration measure to reveal mechanisms of improved paretic limb control following music-based rehabilitation.
Design
A consecutive sample.
Setting
A music and health research facility in Toronto, CA.
Participants
30 community dwellers aged 30-79 years in the chronic stroke phase with minimal volitional...
Objective
To investigate the potential benefits of three Therapeutic Instrumental Music Performance (TIMP)-based interventions in rehabilitation of the affected upper-extremity [UE] for adults with chronic post-stroke hemiparesis.
Design
Randomized-controlled pilot study
Setting
University research facility
Participants
Thirty community-dwelling...
Restoration of upper limb motor function and patient functional independence are crucial treatment targets in neurological rehabilitation. Growing evidence indicates that music-based intervention is a promising therapeutic approach for the restoration of upper extremity functional abilities in neurologic conditions such as cerebral palsy, stroke, a...
Background
Restoration of upper limb motor function and patient functional independence are crucial treatment targets for neurologic recovery. Growing evidence indicates that music-based intervention is a promising therapeutic approach for the restoration of upper extremity functional abilities in neurologic conditions. In this context, music techn...
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a connective tissue disorder characterized by joint hypermobility and skin extensibility and is often accompanied by chronic pain. Rhythmic sensory stimulation (RSS) can be defined as the stimulation of the senses in a periodic manner within a range of low frequencies. Music plus sound delivered through a vibroacoust...
In this issue of the Canadian Music Educator, the
music and healing series article focuses on the potential of music
interventions for persons with Parkinson’s disease (PD). This
piece provides readers with background information on PD and
implications for using music; alongside 4 potential music interventions: Vibroacoustic therapy, Rhythmic audit...