P298 Can music enhance movement intention?

Active participation of patients themselves in rehabilitation is a vital factor for the stroke recovery. Since music can create positive emotion and sometimes trigger spontaneous movements, such as dancing, combination of music and rehabilitation might be beneficial in improving patients ’ mental and physical functions. To clarify the influence of music on human movement intention and to establish the significance of rehabilitation combined with music, we tested whether music may activate the cortical preparation of voluntary movement.

Source: Clinical Neurophysiology - August 17, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Yoshie Nakajima, Tatsuya Mima, Yoshiyuki Tadokoro Source Type: research