The Effect of Music Listening in Rehabilitation of Subacute Stroke
NCT Number: NCT06469619
Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Ischemic Stroke|Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Interventions: BEHAVIORAL: Music listening
Sponsor: Maria Sariola
Sex: ALL
Age: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Enrollment: 130
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: SINGLE (CARE_PROVIDER)|Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
Start Date: 2024-08
Completion Date: 2026-12

Summary:
Music listening has many positive effects on the brain. This study aims to find out if people with stroke get better results with their rehabilitation if they listen to music during their passive hours. The study is a randomized controlled trial with people who are at a rehabilitation center care after stroke at Tampere University Hospital. The control group gets standard rehabilitation. Music group gets standard rehabilitation and in addition they listen to music one hour a day during four weeks. Physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists test how well the participant's walking, use of hand and speech improve. The main goal is to find out if the improvement is better with music listening. The study also monitors effects of music listening on mood in rehabilitation.

Primary Outcome Measures: Change in lower extremity function, Functional Ambulation Classification, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Change in lower extremity function, Berg balance scale, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Change in lower extremity function, 10 m walking test, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Change in lower extremity function, Timed Up and Go, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Change in upper extremity function, Box and Block, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Change in upper extremity function, 9-hole Peg Test, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Change in upper extremity function, Grip strength, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Change in upper extremity function, Arm abduction (scale 1-3, 1 = normal, 2 = able to lift between horizontal plane but with at least 30 degrees deficiency, 3 = unable to lift above horizontal plane), At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Change in speech, Boston Naming Test, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Change in speech, Western Aphasia Battery, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Change in speech, Token, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Change in speech, Story based on a nine-frame cartoon (standardized point scale), At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Mood, Visual Analogue Mood Scale, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Mood, Beck Depression Inventory, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Mood, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Daily functions, Rivermead Motor Assessment Gross function, At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)|Daily functions, Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQfin), At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)