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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
130
Listening to music of one's choice one hour daily.
Change in lower extremity function
Functional Ambulation Classification
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Change in lower extremity function
Berg balance scale
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Change in lower extremity function
10 m walking test
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Change in lower extremity function
Timed Up and Go
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Change in upper extremity function
Box and Block
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Change in upper extremity function
9-hole Peg Test
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Change in upper extremity function
Grip strength
Time frame: 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)
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Change in speech
Boston Naming Test
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Change in speech
Western Aphasia Battery
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Change in speech
Token
Time frame: 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)
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Mood
Visual Analogue Mood Scale
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Mood
Beck Depression Inventory
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Mood
Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Daily functions
Rivermead Motor Assessment Gross function
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
Daily functions
Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQfin)
Time frame: At time point 0 and 4-5 weeks later (Before and after intervention)
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