Efficacy of Music-Based Telerehabilitation After Stroke

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a music-based telerehabilitation intervention implemented at home works to treat different kinds of neurological deficits caused by stroke. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) Can the music intervention improve recovery of cognitive, verbal, motor, and emotional deficits after stroke, 2) can the music intervention enhance structural and functional recovery of the brain, and (3) how different demographic, musical, and clinical background factors affect the way the music intervention works. Researchers will compare the music intervention to standard (usual) care to see if the music intervention works to treat the deficits caused by stroke. Subjects are stroke patients who will participate either in the music intervention 5 times/week for 10 weeks in addition to standard care or receive standard care only. During the trial, the subjects will undergo neuropsychological testing and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) three times: at baseline (before the intervention), at 3-month stage (immediately after the intervention), and at 6-month stage (3 months after the intervention).

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 30
Maximum Age: 80
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Left or right hemisphere stroke which has occurred 3-12 months ago

• At least mild cognitive deficit and mild aphasia / upper-extremity hemiparesis caused by the stroke

• Age 30-80 years

• Right-handed

• Finnish-speaking (or bilingual, able to participate in Finnish)

• Understands the purpose of the study and is able to give informed consent

Locations
Other Locations
Finland
University of Helsinki / Faculty of Medicine / Department of Psychology
RECRUITING
Helsinki
Contact Information
Primary
Teppo Särkämö, Ph.D.
teppo.sarkamo@helsinki.fi
+358505399065
Backup
Nella Moisseinen, M.A.
nella.moisseinen@helsinki.fi
+358504070507
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-02-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2028-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 100
Treatments
Experimental: Music intervention plus standard care
Participation in a music-based telerehabilitation program (10 weeks, 5 days/week, 60 min/day) in addition to standard care for post-stroke deficits provided in public health care (physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and/or neuropsychological rehabilitation).
No_intervention: Standard care only
Standard care for post-stroke deficits provided in public health care (physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and/or neuropsychological rehabilitation). No additional intervention is provided.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: University of Jyvaskyla, HUS Medical Imaging Centre, HUS Neurocenter, Uusimaa Stroke Association, Finnish Brain Association
Leads: Teppo Sarkamo

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