Music and Adherence Home Programs Post Stroke

Duquesne University

Status and phase: Completed; Early Phase 1

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Behavioral: Preferred music playlist

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02906956

#2016/06/18

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to explore whether adherence to upper extremity home programs changes when persons post stroke practice with preferred music.

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages 40-85
• Mild to Moderate hemiparesis as determined by a score of 21 to 50 on the FM- UE
• At least 6 months post stroke
• American English as primary language

Exclusion criteria

• Significant visual impairment as determined by "aphasia-friendly" and age appropriate screening
• Significant hearing impairment as determined by self-report
• Actively receiving occupational or physical therapy services for upper extremity motor recovery
• Severe auditory comprehension impairment such that they cannot understand one-step directions as indicated by a WAB-R score below 8/10 on Sequential Commands Subtest
• Sitting or standing blood pressure of 180/110 or HE > 100 bpm

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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7 participants in 1 patient group

Preferred Music Playlist

Experimental group

Description:

All participants will have this phase twice in the protocol. See description in intervention section.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Preferred music playlist