Effect of Daily Music Listening on Stroke Recovery

Turku University Hospital50 enrolled

Overview

Single blind randomized clinical trial including 50 stroke patients to investigate the effect of daily music listening on behavioral, neural and physiological recovery. Patients are randomized (1:1:1) to listen instrumental or vocal music, or audiobooks (recorded book reading) (control). Outcome measures are change in neuropsychological tests, change in self-reported mood, structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging changes and hormonal changes performed at acute, 3-month and 6-month stages.

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Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Stroke

Interventions

Music listeningBEHAVIORAL

Audiobook listeningBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Acute Hemispheral stroke Exclusion Criteria: * Previous neurological or current psychiatric disease, * severe aphasia

Locations (1)

Turku University Hospital

Turku, Finland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in neuropsychological performance (verbal memory)

Verbal memory summary score (Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test (RBMT) story recall, auditory-verbal learning task)

Time frame: From acute to 3-month-stage

Change in neuropsychological performance (verbal memory)

Verbal memory summary score (RBMT story recall, auditory-verbal learning task)

Time frame: From acute to 6-month-stage