Music-Based Movement Therapy Shows Promise for Stroke Rehabilitation and Brain Disorders

 Well, didn't your competent? doctor put together a music therapy protocol for your recovery a long time ago? NO? So you don't have a functioning stroke doctor, do you?

 I bet your competent? doctor still hasn't created a music protocol for your recovery! And you're still seeing them?

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Music-Based Movement Therapy Shows Promise for Stroke Rehabilitation and Brain Disorders

A music-based movement therapy shows promise in enhancing rehabilitation for stroke and brain disorders.

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Published: August 21, 2024

 

| Original story from the University of Gothenburg

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Summary

A University of Gothenburg study highlights the potential of the Ronnie Gardiner Method, a music-based movement therapy, to aid stroke rehabilitation and brain disorder recovery. While more controlled trials are needed, the method is praised for its joyful, engaging approach, challenging participants' cognitive and motor skills in a fun group setting.

Key Takeaways

The Ronnie Gardiner Method, involving rhythm and movement, is showing promise as a supplement to traditional neurological rehabilitation, particularly for stroke recovery.

Participants appreciate the therapy’s fun, engaging approach, which challenges motor skills, cognition, and coordination, while improving quality of life.

More controlled trials are needed to validate the method’s efficacy, especially for conditions beyond stroke, as current studies remain limited.

Music-based movement therapy, known as the Ronnie Gardiner Method, has the potential to contribute to rehabilitation after a stroke and in other brain disorders. These are the results of a scoping review from the University of Gothenburg.

The Ronnie Gardiner Method was developed by and named after the popular Swedish-American jazz drummer Ronald “Ronnie” Gardiner, born in 1932. The method is used in rehabilitation in Sweden and internationally, but there has been a lack of a comprehensive scientific overview of any functional improvements when the method is applied, and how instructors and participants perceive it.