Musical Expertise as a Consideration for Post-stroke Rehabilitation: A Retrospective Clinical Case Example

Journal

Australian Journal of Music Therapy

Year

2019

Abstract

The music therapy interventions included in this review targeted the functional areas of recovery that Plant and Tyson (2018) reported make up the majority of inpatient rehabilitation goals. [...]there is a growing body of compelling evidence to suggest musical training represents a neuro-protective factor for increased recovery potential following adult brain injury, including stroke. Given the body of emerging evidence supporting musical training as potentially neuro-protective for a range of functions following brain injury, the value of a thorough assessment of musical history and greater attention to musical functioning therapeutically as a way of promoting and aiding goal-based recovery cannot be underestimated. Music therapy was utilised to access meaningful responses earlier in recovery than seen in other therapies, with musical skills being overtly used earlier in the recovery process compared to speech and complex motor skills.

Music and Health Institute Terms

Hospital Setting; Inpatient Rehabilitation; Music Therapy; Rehabilitation Exercises; Stroke; Traumatic Brain Injury

Indexed Terms

Activities of daily living; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Communication; Consciousness; Memory; Motor ability; Music education; Musicians & conductors; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Stroke recovery; Surgery; Traumatic brain injury

Study Type

Case Study; Qualitative Methods

Document Type

Article

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