Musical expertise as a consideration for post-stroke rehabilitation: A retrospective clinical case example
This is a prime example of unnecessary research. A stroke protocol on music should have been written many years ago. But NO, that is too fucking hard to do.
Music has been proven many many times to be helpful in stroke rehab.
Maybe your doctor has heard about it? You'd have to be brain dead not to have heard of music helping stroke recovery.
In plain language
This article describes an amateur musician’s
retention of piano playing skills following a severe stroke. Emerging
evidence of music-induced neuroplasticity and the potential
neuro-protective role of musical skills is outlined to support the
discussion of a musical recovery bias in this single case. Music therapy
is relatively well established within traditional neurorehabilitation
models and this article proposes to expand on this knowledge by
considering the importance of rehabilitating musical skills within the
model of functional rehabilitation.
Abstract
Functional areas addressed within a best practice
multidisciplinary rehabilitation framework typically encapsulate
mobility, communication and activities of daily living for stroke
survivors. Traditionally reported rehabilitative music therapy
interventions contribute to this functional model. This retrospective
clinical case describes the retention of musical skills following a
severe diffuse bilateral stroke and explores the value of rehabilitating
musical skills as a target for functional rehabilitation, in an
individual with pre-morbid musical expertise. This case illuminates the
concept of a musical recovery bias in a stroke survivor and presents an
argument for the consideration of musical skills as an important focus
for individuals with pre-morbid musical expertise.
Citation
Bower,
J., Sham, F., & Gentle, E. (2019). Musical expertise as a
consideration for post-stroke rehabilitation: A retrospective clinical
case example. Australian Journal of Music Therapy. Advance
online publication. Retrieved from
https://www.austmta.org.au/journal/article/musical-expertise-consideration-post-stroke-rehabilitation-retrospective-clinical
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