The involvement of audio–motor coupling in the music‐supported therapy applied to stroke patients

Altenmuller, E., Amengual, J. L., Munte, T. F., Ripolles, P., Rodriguez-Fornells, A., & Rojo, N. The involvement of audio–motor coupling in the music‐supported therapy applied to stroke patients. (2012). Annals of New York Academy of Science, 12521(1), 282-293.

Abstract:

Music‐supported therapy (MST) has been developed recently to improve the use of the affected upper extremity after stroke. MST uses musical instruments, an electronic piano and an electronic drum set emitting piano sounds, to retrain fine and gross movements of the paretic upper extremity. This article first describes the rationale underlying MST, and reviews the previous studies conducted on acute and chronic stroke patients using this new neurorehabilitation approach. Second, it addresses the neural mechanisms involved in the motor movement improvements observed in acute and chronic stroke patients. Third, it provides some recent studies on the involvement of auditory–motor coupling in the MST in chronic stroke patients using functional neuroimaging. Finally, these ideas are discussed and focused on understanding the dynamics involved in the neural circuit underlying audio–motor coupling and how functional connectivity could help to explain the neuroplastic changes observed after therapy in stroke patients.

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