Clinical trial NCT01586221: Music Therapy/Physical Therapy Intervention to Enhance Well-being and Functional Recovery Post-stroke
Official title: A Collaborative Music Therapy/Physical Therapy Intervention to Enhance Well-being and Functional Recovery Post-stroke
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Stroke With Hemiparesis
Keywords: Rehabilitation
Fingers
Grasp
Strength
Brain Function
Physiopathology
Functional Laterality
Psychomotor Performance
Biomechanis
Touch
Music Therapy
Weight-Bearing
Lead sponsor: NYU Langone Health
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: New York University
First posted: 2012-04-26
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to see if group Music Therapy and Physical Therapy will help in the recovery from stroke. It is hoped that music and physical therapy in a group setting will help physical, mental, and social well-being.

Detailed description: The purpose of the study is to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of an "enriched," combined music therapy/physical therapy (MT/PT) rehabilitation intervention that addresses physical, psychological, and social well-being simultaneously in a group setting to enhance post-stroke recovery. The intervention will be implemented through collaboration between the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at NYU Steinhardt and the Motor Recovery Laboratory at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, NYU Medical Center.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Able to read and write in English
2. Unilateral stroke at least 6 months prior
3. Independent community ambulation with or without assistive devices
4. Presence of at least 5 degrees of active motion in proximal and distal upper extremity joints, suggesting presence of a neural substrate for recovery

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Neurological or psychiatric disease such as clinical depression
2. Hearing deficits
3. History of surgery or other significant injury that could preclude task performance
4. Complicating medical problems such as uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes with signs of neuropathy, and previous neurological illness such as head trauma, prior stroke, epilepsy or demyelinating disease
5. Any factors that may put the subject at significant risk or confound study results

Primary outcomes:
measure: Base Line Measurement of Hand Function
timeFrame: Beginning of study
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Hand Function after Therapy
timeFrame: After completion of therapy
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: New York
country: United States
facility: New York University School of Medicine
state: New York
Study officials:
affiliation: NYU Langone Health
name: Preeti Raghavan, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Raghavan P, Geller D, Guerrero N, Aluru V, Eimicke JP, Teresi JA, Ogedegbe G, Palumbo A, Turry A. Music Upper Limb Therapy-Integrated: An Enriched Collaborative Approach for Stroke Rehabilitation. Front Hum Neurosci. 2016 Oct 7;10:498. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00498. eCollection 2016.