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NCT Number: NCT06469619

The Effect of Music Listening in Rehabilitation of Subacute Stroke

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Ischemic Stroke Brain Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebral Hemorrhage Cerebrovascular Disorders Hemorrhage Intracerebral Hemorrhage Intracranial Hemorrhages Nervous System Diseases Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Stroke Vascular Diseases

Age range

18 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • hemispheric stroke (ischemic or intracerebral hemorrhage) during last 4 weeks OR spinal cord injury in last 6 months, causing a need of intensive rehabilitation

Exclusion criteria

  • severe hearing loss preventing music listening
  • previous condition of neurological disease of dementia that significantly affects daily functions
  • active drug use or acute psychiatric condition
  • unable to understand given information and give consent to participate
  • for spinal cord injury patients: acute traumatic brain injury or stroke

Treatment and study plan

Music listening

Behavioral

Listening to music of one's choice one hour daily.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in lower extremity function

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Functional Ambulation Classification

  2. Change in lower extremity function

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Berg balance scale

  3. Change in lower extremity function

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    10 m walking test

  4. Change in lower extremity function

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Timed Up and Go

  5. Change in upper extremity function

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Box and Block

  6. Change in upper extremity function

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    9-hole Peg Test

  7. Change in upper extremity function

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Grip strength

  8. Change in upper extremity function

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    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)

  9. Change in speech

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Boston Naming Test

  10. Change in speech

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Western Aphasia Battery

  11. Change in speech

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Token

  12. Change in speech

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Story based on a nine-frame cartoon (standardized point scale)

  13. Mood

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Visual Analogue Mood Scale

  14. Mood

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Beck Depression Inventory

  15. Mood

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7

  16. Daily functions

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Rivermead Motor Assessment Gross function

  17. Daily functions

    Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)

    Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQfin)

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Maria Sariola

CONTACT

[email protected]

+3583311611

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Maria Sariola

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jun 21, 2024
Registry last updated
Jun 21, 2024

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