"Improvement of Spontaneous Language in Stroke Patients With Chronic Ap" by A. Raglio, O. Oasi et al.
 

Improvement of Spontaneous Language in Stroke Patients With Chronic Aphasia Treated With Music Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal

International Journal of Neuroscience

Year

2016

Abstract

AIM OF THE STUDY: The aim of this research is to evaluate the effects of active music therapy (MT) based on free-improvisation (relational approach) in addition to speech language therapy (SLT) compared with SLT alone (communicative-pragmatic approach: Promoting Aphasic's Communicative Effectiveness) in stroke patients with chronic aphasia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The experimental group (n = 10) was randomized to 30 MT individual sessions over 15 weeks in addition to 30 SLT individual sessions while the control group (n = 10) was randomized to only 30 SLT sessions during the same period. Psychological and speech language assessment were made before (T0) and after (T1) the treatments. RESULTS: The study shows a significant improvement in spontaneous speech in the experimental group (Aachener Aphasie subtest: p = 0.020; Cohen's d = 0.35); the 50% of the experimental group showed also an improvement in vitality scores of Short Form Health Survey (chi-square test = 4.114; p = 0.043). CONCLUSIONS: The current trial highlights the possibility that the combined use of MT and SLT can lead to a better result in the rehabilitation of patients with aphasia than SLT alone.

Music and Health Institute Terms

Aphasia; Cognitive Abilities; Music Therapy; Quality of Life; Recreative Music Methods; Rehabilitation Exercises; Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation; Stroke

Indexed Terms

Language; Stroke Rehabilitation; Elderly; Elderly; aphasia; Aphasia; Brain Ischemia; Quality of Life; rehabilitation; speech language therapy; Speech; stroke; Stroke

Study Type

Randomized Controlled; Trial; Quantitative Methods

Document Type

Article

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