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Erschienen in: Neurological Sciences 11/2019

12.07.2019 | Review Article

Exploring the role of music therapy in multiple sclerosis: brief updates from research to clinical practice

verfasst von: Claudia Vinciguerra, Nicola De Stefano, Antonio Federico

Erschienen in: Neurological Sciences | Ausgabe 11/2019

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Abstract

Background

Physical, cognitive and mood-behavioral disturbances are very common in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) representing a relevant disease burden. Recently, in this field, several studies investigated the role of music therapy (MT) as a complementary therapeutic approach especially in terms of rehabilitation strategy.

Objectives

The aim of this review is to report and discuss the effectiveness of various music-based interventions (MBIs) for clinical outcomes in MS patients.

Data sources

All English medical papers registered in the Web of Knowledge, PubMed, Google Scholar, and ScienceDirect from March 1999 to March 2019.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

We selected all the articles concerning MBIs in MS including papers that dealt with human samples and excluding non-human samples, reviews and case reports.

Results

Out of 46 articles, we selected 24 papers of which 13 completely following the inclusion criteria were evaluated for the present analysis.

Discussion

We explored the efficacy of several MT programs, taking into account the different aspects of application feasibility in the clinical management of MS patients and the future challenges.
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Metadaten
Titel
Exploring the role of music therapy in multiple sclerosis: brief updates from research to clinical practice
verfasst von
Claudia Vinciguerra
Nicola De Stefano
Antonio Federico
Publikationsdatum
12.07.2019
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in
Neurological Sciences / Ausgabe 11/2019
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Elektronische ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-04007-x

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