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NCT Number: NCT05398575

Music Listening for Cardiorespiratory Exercise in Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation

Stroke survivors struggle to meet clinical recommendations for physical exercise duration and intensity. During the past two decades, music interventions have increasingly shown effectiveness in several motor tasks in stroke rehabilitation. Additionally, music has been found effective in increasing exercise performance in athletes and other clinical populations. Based on a meta-theoretical review paper by Clark, Baker & Taylor (2016), it was hypothesized that the therapeutic effects of music in physical exercise is modulated by the preference and task-specificity of the music. We will test this hypothesis using a three-armed randomized cross-over design comprised of the following auditory conditions: 1) a group-tailored playlist 2) radio as active control and 3) a non-music control condition during cycle ergometry cardiorespiratory exercise sessions. Participants are inpatient stroke survivors undergoing rehabilitation between 2-12 weeks post infarct.

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Key information

Conditions

Stroke Brain Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebrovascular Disorders Nervous System Diseases Vascular Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

North Denmark Region

Aalborg, Denmark

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • between 2-12 weeks post ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke
  • assessed eligible to participate in cardiorespiratory exercise by the patient's primary physiotherapist and interdisciplinary team -≥18 years old

Exclusion criteria

  • uncontrolled medical contraindications for physical activity
  • severe hearing deficit or cochlear implants
  • severe deficit of both auditory and visual communication not allowing for guiding the patient in the exercise task

Treatment and study plan

Music

Behavioral

Participants listen to music during physiotherapy rehabilitation (tailored or radio music)

Primary outcomes

  1. Heart rate reserve

    Time frame: Proportion of time during the 30 minutes session

    Time spent in therapeutic heart rate zone

  2. Exercise time

    Time frame: Proportion of time during the 30 minutes session

    Time spent actively participating in the physiotherapy session

Secondary outcomes

  1. Feeling scale

    Time frame: Immediately before and after the intervention.

    11 point Likert scale rating affective valence (current feeling state)

  2. Evaluation of condition

    Time frame: Immediately after the intervention

    Rating of preferred audio condition on a 10 point Likert scale

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Aarhus

Other

Collaborators

  • Aalborg University
  • Regionshospital Nordjylland

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jun 1, 2022
Registry last updated
Jun 1, 2022

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