Citation

Jones C, Richard N, Thaut M. NeuroRehabilitation 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, IOS Press)

DOI

10.3233/NRE-208015

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Acquired brain injuries often cause cognitive impairment, significantly impacting participation in rehabilitation and activities of daily living. Music can influence brain function, and thus may serve as a uniquely powerful cognitive rehabilitation intervention.

OBJECTIVE: This feasibility study investigated the potential effectiveness of music-based cognitive rehabilitation for adults with chronic acquired brain injury.

METHODS: The control group participated in three Attention Process Training (APT) sessions, while the experimental group participated in three Music Attention Control Training (MACT) sessions. Pre-and post- testing used the Trail Making A & B, Digit Symbol, and Brown-Peterson Task as neuropsychological tests.

RESULTS: ANOVA analyses showed no significant difference between groups for Trail A Test, Digit Symbol, and Brown-Peterson Task. Trail B showed significant differences at post-test favouring MACT over APT. The mean difference time between pre-and post-tests for the Trail B Test was also significantly different between APT and MACT in favour of MACT using a two-sample t-test as well as a follow-up nonparametric Mann Whitney U-test.

CONCLUSIONS: The group differences found in the Trail B tests provided preliminary evidence for the efficacy of MACT to arouse and engage attention in adults with acquired brain injury.

Language: en

Keywords

humans; female; male; intervention; working memory; cognitive impairment; attention; Acquired Brain Injury (ABI); Attention Process Training (APT); auditory consonant trigram; brown-peterson task; digit symbol task; efficacy; executive functioning; music; Music Attention Control Training (MACT); music therapy; Neurologic music therapy (NMT); neurological rehabilitation; randomized controlled trial; trail making test; Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)