New Research Study Suggests Music Therapy Is Helpful in Stroke Patients

 Whomever approved this stupidity needs to be fired. Music has been researched for at least a decade.

I'm sure your doctor has done nothing to bring in any music rehab to help survivors. Incompetence for years! 

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New Research Study Suggests Music Therapy Is Helpful in Stroke Patients

(Newswire.net -- December 29, 2021) Orlando, FL -- Various research studies have been carried outlook into the impacts of music therapy on certain diseases. In a study, it has been found beneficial in cases of stroke.

This research was spearheaded by Dr. Alex Street, of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU).

The findings of this interesting research were published in Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation.

This study is described as the first large-scale investigation performed on a 26-bed stroke and rehabilitation unit at Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge. In this research, 177 patients took part in 675 Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) sessions over a two-year period. 

The investigators looked into the success of the patients, their relatives, and health professionals. 

It has been found music therapy aided in regulating mood and enhancing concentration among individuals with stroke. What makes it even more beneficial is that it also promotes changes in the brain and this is called neural reorganization that enhances function.

There are also physical benefits, such as better arm function and gait.

Music therapy has long been resorted to as an adjunct treatment for various diseases. There has also been quite a number of research studies showing that music could work wonders in healing the body.