You'll have to ask your doctor and therapists for sonification, it's only been out there for 10 years.
Sonification has been written about for 10 years. It is about time for our fucking failures of stroke associations to step up to the plate and write a stroke protocol on this. I can guarantee this won't occur.
sonification (11 posts to May 2012)
After a stroke event, most survivors suffer from arm paresis, poor motor control and other
disabilities that make activities of daily living difficult, severely affecting quality of life and personal
independence. This randomized controlled trial aimed at evaluating the efficacy of a music-based
sonification approach on upper limbs motor functions, quality of life and pain perceived during
rehabilitation. The study involved 65 subacute stroke individuals during inpatient rehabilitation
allocated into 2 groups which underwent usual care dayweek) respectively of standard upper
extremity motor rehabilitation or upper extremity treatment with sonification techniques. The FuglMeyer Upper Extremity Scale, Box and Block Test and the Modified Ashworth Scale were used to
perform motor assessment and the McGill Quality of Life-it and the Numerical Pain Rating Scale to
assess quality of life and pain. The assessment was performed at baseline, after 2 weeks, at the end of
treatment and at follow-up (1 month after the end of treatment). Total scores of the Fugl-Meyer Upper
Extremity Scale (primary outcome measure) and hand and wrist sub scores, manual dexterity scores
of the affected and unaffected limb in the Box and Block Test, pain scores of the Numerical Pain Rating
Scale (secondary outcomes measures) significantly improved in the sonification group compared to
the standard of care group (time*group interaction < 0.05). Our findings suggest that music-based
sonification sessions can be considered an effective standardized intervention for the upper limb in
subacute stroke rehabilitation.
After a stroke event, most survivors (80–90%) suffer from arm paresis, poor motor control and other disabilities,
which evolve in a chronic condition in about 30–40% of cases1,2
. Consequently, patients have difficulty in performing activities of daily living, a fact that severely affects their quality of life and independence3
. Task-oriented
sensory-motor training, which allows to transmit the sensory information of the feedback to the central nervous system during task execution, and movements adaptation, is recognized as significant in increasing poststroke arm function and dexterity2,4
. Beside other factors, such as patient’s compliance and subjective interest in
stimulus, the intensity of training and patient’s motivation have been indicated as key features for a successful
rehabilitation therapy5,6
.
The development of technologies for rehabilitation has made it possible to formulate new application paradigms obtained by integrating the current rehabilitation pathways with instrumental interventions7,8
. Sensory motor rehabilitation techniques, obtained through technological devices (such as virtual reality, robots, noninvasive stimulations , motion capture) and used in support of traditional rehabilitation techniques, seem to
provide objective parameters for patient evaluation, accelerate the process of motor recovery and improve motor
performance at discharge by means of a top-down approach9,10
.
Although the results obtained with the currently available devices are encouraging, we are only at an early
stage for the exploitation of these technologies. In fact, while technology-assisted rehabilitation of the upper limb
has demonstrated to have a significant impact on motor outcomes, especially at the proximal level (shoulder
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