Deans' stroke musings: Effects of a Novel Movement-to-Music (M2M) Intervention on Physical and Psychosocial Outcomes in People Poststroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Monday, October 11, 2021

Effects of a Novel Movement-to-Music (M2M) Intervention on Physical and Psychosocial Outcomes in People Poststroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial

If we can't even get music listening into stroke hospitals having therapists come up with an exercise program to music will never occur.

music (94 posts back to March 2011)
music therapy (53 posts back to October 2014)
musical training (13 posts back to June 2014)

Tapan S.MehtaPh.D.¹² CassandraHermanPh.D¹³ Navneet KaurBaidwanPh.D.² ByronLaiPh.D.¹⁴ James H.RimmerPhD¹³

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Abstract

Objective

To investigate effects of a 12-week movement-to-music (M2M) intervention on physical and psychosocial outcomes in people poststroke.

Design

Two-arm randomized controlled trial.

Setting

A community-based fitness facility.

Participants

Participants (N=47) with stroke between 18 and 65 years old were randomized to M2M (n=23) or waitlist control (n=24).

Interventions

Participants in M2M completed three 60-minute exercise sessions per week for 12 weeks. Controls received biweekly educational newsletters via mail.

Main Outcome Measures

Primary outcomes included Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT, in meters), Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test (FTSST, in seconds) and Timed Up and Go (TUG, in seconds). Secondary outcomes were self-reported measures using PROMIS Fatigue and Pain Interference Short Form 8a. Outcomes were collected at baseline and post-intervention. Analyses involved descriptive statistics and adjusted linear mixed models.

Results

Mixed models adjusted for the respective baseline values and demographic variables showed that M2M participants had longer 6MWT distance (LSM difference [95% CI]=14.5 [-12.9, 42.0]), more FTSST time (2.0 [-4.5, 8.5]), and less fatigue (-3.0 [-7.2, 1.2]) compared to control post-intervention. When controlling for baseline TUG and demographic variables, there were larger increase in 6MWT distance (37.9 [-22.7, 98.6]), lower FTSST time (-6.1 [-18.5, 6.2]), and decrease in fatigue (-6.5 [-13.1, 0.2]) in M2M compared to controls. Moderate effect sizes were observed for improving 6MWT (d=0.6), FTSST (d=-0.6), and fatigue (d=-0.6). There was no group difference in change in TUG time and pain interference, with trivial effect sizes (d=-0.1).

Conclusion

Movement-to-music may be a valuable exercise form for adults with stroke. Future studies are needed to determine optimal exercise doses for improving health and function in this population.