Music-Enhanced Mental Practice In Stroke Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study
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Psychology Department, Catholic University of Milan, Italy
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Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Italy
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Advanced Technology in Rehabilitation Unit, Padua Teaching Hospital, Italy
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Padua University, Italy
Mental practice is the mental rehearsal of a movement with the goal of improving performance. Recent clinical studies suggest that mental practice can be an effective way to facilitate motor recovery after stroke. Though healthy subjects can easily learn to perform imagery exercises, brain-injured individuals may find this task more difficult. We report progress of a research project, which has investigated the feasibility of combining music and virtual reality to help stroke patients in performing mental practice. We tested this strategy in two chronic stroke individuals. After four weeks of treatment, both patients showed improved motor function and reported reduced feeling of anxiety. Results of this pilot study seem encouraging and deserve further research.
Conference:
Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference, Villa Caramora, Italy, 21 Jun - 23 Jun, 2009.
Presentation Type:
Oral Presentation
Topic:
Oral Presentations
Citation:
Trobia
J,
Gaggioli
A,
Meneghini
A,
Pozzato
I,
Pigatto
M and
Antonietti
A
(2009). Music-Enhanced Mental Practice In Stroke Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study.
Front. Neuroeng.
Conference Abstract:
Annual CyberTherapy and CyberPsychology 2009 conference.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.14.2009.06.095
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Received:
23 Mar 2009;
Published Online:
23 Mar 2009.
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Correspondence:
Jonathan Trobia, Psychology Department, Catholic University of Milan, Milan, Italy, andrea.gaggioli@auxologico.it