Active music therapy in the rehabilitation of severe brain injured patients during coma recovery [journal article]
Formisano, Rita
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Active improvised music therapy may offer an adjuvant form of treatment in the early rehabilitation of severe brain-injured patients. Active music therapy consists of musical improvisation between patient and therapist by singing or by playing different musical instruments, according to the vital functions, the neurological conditions and the motor abilities of the patients. We studied 34 severe brain-injured patients with a mean coma duration of 52 days ± 37.21 and a mean interval from coma onset to the beginning of rehabilitation of 154 days on average. Our preliminary results show a significant improvement of the collaboration of the severe brain-injured patients and a reduction of undesired behaviours such as inertia (reduced psychomotor initiative) or psychomotor agitation.
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Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanita, 2001 Vol.37 Iss.4, p. 627-630
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615.85154
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English
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BRN:
64100
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