Neuroscientific basis and effectiveness of music and music therapy in neuromotor rehabilitation

Raglio, Alfredo; Fazio, Patrik; Imbriani, Chiara; Granieri, Enrico

doi:10.13172/2052-7845-1-1-537

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“…Finally, from the rehabilitative point of view, making music can involve and influence motor areas functioning and regulation. This effect appears to be connected to the pleasure and thereby can positively affect the mood and consequently the rehabilitative process [36][37][38] . In conclusion, a more methodological rigor and a clearer definition of music approaches are needed to improve the quality of MT research and to focus on the specific role of music-based interventions in psychological symptoms in the field of neurology.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Given that music engages a variety of brain areas involved in emotion, motivation, cognition, and motor functions, musical interventions have been used to increase socialization and cognitive, emotional, and neuromotor functioning [33][34][35][36][37][38] . Although the debate on what the boundaries of MT is still going on, different approaches of musical intervention are actually available referring to three principal domains: relational approaches, rehabilitative approaches and music listening.…”

Section: Music Therapymentioning

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Effects of music and music therapy on mood in neurological patients

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Gontero

et al. 2015

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Mood disorder and depressive syndromes represent a common comorbid condition in neurological disorders with a prevalence rate that ranges between 20% and 50% of patients with stroke, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson's disease. Notwithstanding, these conditions are often under-diagnosed and under-treated in the clinical practice and negatively affect the functional recovery, the adherence to treatment, the quality of life, and even the mortality risk. In addition, a bidirectional association between depression and neurological disorders may be possible being that depressive syndromes may be considered as a risk factor for certain neurological diseases. Despite the large amount of evidence regarding the effects of music therapy (MT) and other musical interventions on different aspects of neurological disorders, no updated article reviewing outcomes such as mood, emotions, depression, activity of daily living and so on is actually available; for this reason, little is known about the effectiveness of music and MT on these important outcomes in neurological patients. The aim of this article is to provide a narrative review of the current literature on musical interventions and their effects on mood and depression in patients with neurological disorders. Searching on PubMed and PsycInfo databases, 25 studies corresponding to the inclusion criteria have been selected; 11 of them assess the effects of music or MT in Dementia, 9 explore the efficacy on patients with Stroke, and 5 regard other neurological diseases like Multiple Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/motor neuron disease, Chronic quadriplegia, Parkinson's Disease, and Acquired Brain dysfunctions. Selected studies are based on relational and rehabilitative music therapy approaches or concern music listening interventions. Most of the studies support the efficacy of MT and other musical interventions on mood, depressive syndromes, and quality of life on neurological patients.

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Effects of music and music therapy on mood in neurological patients

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Gontero

et al. 2015

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“…In recent years, the techniques for morphological visualization of brain activity have shown that music activates several brain structures involved in cognitive, motor and emotional processing, such sensory motor areas, premotor cortex, basal ganglia and cerebellum [ 3 ]. It is clear that musical stimuli are able to induce neurophysiological modifications, both in the short and long term, which convey modulations inside neuronal networks [ 4 ].…”

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An Integrated Music and Artificial Intelligence System in Support of Pediatric Neurorehabilitation

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This study aims at the implementation of an Artificial Intelligence approach to the use of music for supporting the neurorehabilitation of children with brain injuries or neurological difficulties.The output of this study will be the implementation of an app for mobile devices with games to be played by pediatric patients, allowing time for their cognitive and motor abilities to recover while enjoying pleasant activities. In particular, a Neural Network Classification approach is proposed in order to automatically adapt the game difficulty to the current cognitive capabilities of the child.

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