A Decarceral Cadence: Neurologic Music Therapy as an Abolitionist Project

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Kirby ◽  
Mallori Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Neurologic Music Therapy

scholarly journals Randomized controlled trial of neurologic music therapy in Parkinson’s disease: research rehabilitation protocols for mechanistic and clinical investigations

Trials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Buard ◽  
Lucas Lattanzio ◽  
Rebekah Stewart ◽  
Sarah Thompson ◽  
Kristin Sjoberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Standard Of Care ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Neural Pathways ◽  
Neurologic Music Therapy

Abstract Background Presently available medications and surgical treatments for Parkinson’s disease have limited effects on fine motor problems and often leave patients with significant fine motor disability. Standard of care occupational therapy (OT) yields low efficacy, potentially due to a lack of standard protocols. Neurologic music therapy (NMT) techniques, especially rhythmic auditory stimulation which relies on interaction between rhythm and movement, have shown to be effective in PD gait rehabilitation possibly through their reliance on neural pathways that are not affected by PD. Therapeutic instrumental music performance (TIMP) is one other NMT technique that holds promise but which mode of action and efficacy has not been investigated in PD yet. Methods One hundred PD participants will be randomly assigned to receive 15 sessions of either TIMP with rhythm or TIMP without rhythm, standard of care OT, or to be waitlisted (control) over 5 consecutive weeks. Brain oscillatory responses will be collected using magnetoencephalography during an auditory-motor task to understand the underlying mechanisms. The Grooved Pegboard, the UPDRS III finger tap, and the finger-thumb opposition will be assessed to investigate clinical changes related to fine motor function. This project will also serve to confirm or refute our pilot data findings suggesting NMT relies on compensatory brain networks utilized by the PD brain to bypass the dysfunctional basal ganglia. Discussion This study aims to use standardized TIMP and OT research protocols for investigating the neuronal pathways utilized by each intervention and possibly study their efficacy with respect to fine motor rehabilitation via a randomized control trial in the PD population. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03049033. Registered on September 29, 2020

Review of Handbook of neurologic music therapy.

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
Warren Brodsky ◽  
Cynthia A. Briggs
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Neurologic Music Therapy

scholarly journals Home-based neurologic music therapy for arm hemiparesis following stroke: results from a pilot, feasibility randomized controlled trial

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander J Street ◽  
Wendy L Magee ◽  
Andrew Bateman ◽  
Michael Parker ◽  
Helen Odell-Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Neurologic Music Therapy

The Neurobiological Foundation of Neurologic Music Therapy

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 228-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. LaGasse ◽  
M. H. Thaut
Keyword(s):  
Music Therapy ◽  
Neurologic Music Therapy

Active Music Therapy’s Application in India versus Psychotherapy

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anusha Ramji
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Music Therapy ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Faith Healing ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Systematic Process ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Neurologic Music Therapy

Music has been used therapeutically for centuries, but only recently in treatment of mental health issues. Music therapy is defined by Bruscia as a “systematic process of intervention wherein the therapist helps the client to promote health, using music experiences and relationships that develop through them.” Music Therapy varies cross culturally. In India it is mainly used in connection to religion through chanting and faith healing. It hasn’t yet been considered at a broader scope such as in Neurologic Music Therapy or Psychoanalytic Music Therapy which are used in other countries. In this review, we consider the efficacy of music therapy in the Indian Context in relation to treatment of psychiatric disorders, especially as psychotherapy is still not widely accepted by the Indian Subcontinent. It is also not effective in all cases.

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