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Immediate Effects of Mental Singing While Walking on Gait Disturbance in Hemiplegic Stroke Patients: A Feasibility Study
- Source :
- Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol 42, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2018.
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Abstract
- ObjectiveTo investigate the immediate therapeutic effects of mental singing while walking intervention on gait disturbances in hemiplegic stroke patients.MethodsEligible, post-stroke, hemiplegic patients were prospectively enrolled in this study. The inclusion criteria were a diagnosis of hemiplegia due to stroke, and ability to walk more than 10 m with or without gait aids. Each patient underwent structured music therapy sessions comprising 7 consecutive tasks, and were trained to sing in their mind (mental singing) while walking. Before, and after training sessions, gait ability was assessed using the 10-Meter Walk Test (10MWT), the Timed Up and Go test (TUG), gait velocity, cadence and stride length.ResultsTwenty patients were enrolled in the interventions. Following the mental singing while walking intervention, significant improvement was observed in the 10MWT (13.16±7.61 to 12.27±7.58; p=0.002) and the TUG test (19.36±15.37 to 18.42±16.43; p=0.006). Significant improvement was also seen in gait cadence (90.36±29.11 to 95.36±30.2; p
- Subjects :
- Stroke
Music therapy
Gait disorders
Neurologic
Medicine
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22340645 and 22340653
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.b789eb3393d14407b220d69dfca68b2d
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5535/arm.2018.42.1.1