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Playing Piano to Improve Hand Function Early After Stroke

NCT06621771 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2024-11-21

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to study the feasibility of a 6-week piano playing training intervention in a subacute stroke population. More specifically, the investigators aim to (1) implement and test the feasibility of the intervention in the subacute stroke rehabilitation program; and (2) explore the acceptability of the supervised training sessions and home practice sessions. Researchers will also (3) estimate and contrast the effects of the piano training intervention as compared to conventional therapy on manual dexterity, coordination, functional use of the upper extremity, attention and mood.

Therapy specifically provided as part of this project will be delivered above and beyond usual therapy time in both intervention groups. Participants of the piano group will:

* Engage in a step-by-step musical training consisting of two supervised, individual 45-min sessions per week for 6 consecutive weeks, for a total of 12 sessions.
* The supervised session will also be complemented with a biweekly home program (15 minutes) consisting of piano exercises.

Participants in the conventional group will:

* Engage in two individual 45-min sessions per week for 6 consecutive weeks consisting in conventional occupational therapy treatment.
* They will also receive a biweekly home program consisting in occupational therapy exercises (15 minutes).

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Music intervention

Participants will engage in a step-by-step piano training consisting in playing piano pieces designed to involve all 5 digits of the paretic hand and increasing in complexity. They will be using a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) piano program called Synthesia to display musical pieces on a computer screen that is adapted for people with no music reading abilities and will be playing on a touch sensitive piano keyboard. The supervised session will also be complemented with a unsupervised home program consisting of piano sequence exercises comprising short excerpts of the same musical pieces practiced during the supervised sessions and they will receive a roll-up flexible piano

OTHER

Occupational Therapy

Participants will receive conventional occupational therapy treatment (e.g., mobility, ADL, IALD, information session), excluding treatments focusing specifically on arm and hand motor recovery.The supervised session will also be complemented with an unsupervised home program consisting of assignments related to occupational therapy exercises and/or IALD/ADLs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Anouk Lamontagne, PhD · McGill University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
74 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-10-15
Primary Completion
2025-10-01
Completion
2026-10-31

Countries

  • Canada

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