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Relationship between output from MIDI-keyboard playing and hand function assessments on affected hand after stroke
CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that MIDI-keyboard playing has great potential as an assessment tool of hand function, especially hand dexterity in acute and subacute stroke patients. Further studies are needed to refine the specific keyboard playing tasks that increase responsiveness to traditional hand function tests. Content Type Journal ArticlePages -DOI 10.3233/NRE-141166Authors Hyun Ju Chong, Department of Music Therapy, Graduate School and Ewha Music Rehabilitation Center, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, KoreaSoo Jeong Han, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seou...
Source: NeuroRehabilitation - October 15, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Tags: NeuroRehabilitation Source Type: research

Outcomes of an interprofessional intensive comprehensive aphasia program's first five years
CONCLUSIONS: Results support research indicating that short-term intensive, interprofessional comprehensive aphasia programs (ICAPs) are effective treatment options for people with moderate-to-severe aphasia.PMID:34698621 | DOI:10.1080/10749357.2021.1970452
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - October 26, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Marjorie Nicholas Rachel Pittmann Suzanne Pennington Lisa Tabor Connor Denise Ambrosi Lynne Brady Wagner Mary Hildebrand Marianne Savastano Source Type: research

Healing through music
The last time I had a mammogram, I got a big surprise — and it was a good one. A string quartet was playing just outside the doors of the breast imaging center, and my thoughts immediately shifted from “What are they going to find on the mammogram?” to “Is that Schubert, or Beethoven?” By the time my name was called, I had almost forgotten why I was there. The unexpected concert was the work of Holly Chartrand and Lorrie Kubicek, music therapists and co-coordinators of the Environmental Music Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. But bringing music to hospital corridors is just a sideline for music therapist...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - November 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Beverly Merz Tags: Behavioral Health Mental Health Pain Management Surgery Source Type: news