Effects of Group Leisure Activities and Musical Training on Hospital Stroke Rehabilitation.

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether adding group leisure activities and musical training can help people recover better after a stroke during their hospital rehabilitation. The study will include adults who had a recent stroke and are staying in the neurological rehabilitation unit.

The main questions the study aims to answer are:

Does adding leisure activities and musical training help people become more independent in their daily activities? Does this combined approach improve movement, thinking skills, mood, and quality of life more than standard rehabilitation alone?

Researchers will compare three groups to see which approach works best:

Standard hospital rehabilitation. Standard rehabilitation plus individual musical training. Standard rehabilitation plus group leisure activities and group musical training.

Participants will:

Take part in their usual rehabilitation sessions in the hospital. Depending on their assigned group, also do individual or group musical training and/or group leisure activities.

Complete evaluations at the start of the study, at hospital discharge, and one month later.

Have a brain scan and wear a wrist device that tracks daily movement. Share their experiences in an interview.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Standard Intensive Stroke Rehabilitation Program

The rehabilitation program comprises three hours of daily therapy (physical, occupational and speech therapy) over six days per week. Sessions are individualised, tailored to the patient's needs and graded by difficulty.

BEHAVIORAL

Music-supported Therapy

Music-supported Therapy consists of daily self-administered individual sessions lasting 1.5-hours, five days per week. The program involves task-specific activities such as learning to play rhythmic patterns and note sequences with different percussion instruments and a MIDI piano. It aims to improve upper limb functioning, stimulate cognitive abilities, and enhance mood.

BEHAVIORAL

Enriched Intervention

Enriched intervention combines group leisure activities and Music-supported Therapy training in 1.5-hour daily sessions, five days per week. The program includes 45 minutes of recreational activities followed by 45-minute Music-supported Therapy group session aiming to increase activity time, provide a playful and joyful experience, and stimulate social interaction.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Rovira i Virgili

  collaborator OTHER

• Hospital de L'Esperanca, Barcelona, Spain

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Escola Universitària d'Infermeria i Teràpia Ocupacional de Terrassa

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Núria Codern Bové, PhD · EUIT University Center, Autonomous University of Barcelona

• Misericòrdia Carles-Lavila, PhD · Department of Economics, Rovira i Virgili University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-12-01

Primary Completion

2027-05-31

Completion

2027-06-30

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations