Effects of Group Drumming Communication Program for Improving and Preventing Dementia in Special Elderly Nursing Home
- Conditions
- Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Normal elderly, Lewy body dementia, Cerebrovascular disease, Cerebral infarction, Cerebral contusion, Cerebral hemorrhage, Aftereffect of cerebral hemorrhage, Basilar artery occlusion, Cerebral arteriosclerosis, Multiple cerebral infarction, Cerebral atrophy, Vascular dementia, Chronic subdural hematoma, Parkinson's disease, Parkinsonian syndrome, Bone and joint disease, Osteoporosls, Chronic articular rheumatism, Hemiparesis, Diabetes, Disuse syndrome, Locomotive Syndrome
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000024714
- Lead Sponsor
- RIKE
- Brief Summary
The Drumming Communication Program could be carried out for three months at a special nursing home for the elderly requiring high nursing care level. Participants with dementia have difficulty in imitating commands and gestures necessary for exercise therapy and programs. However, they were able to exercise with drums by using their rhythm response function. The intervention group showed improvement in their cognitive functions in both the MMSE and FAB scores. As for motor functions, the intervention group showed improvement in their shoulder and wrist flexion. The causal relationship between the declines in the cognitive and physical functions is bi-directional. Exercise intervention by drums not only affected motor functions but also cognitive functions as well. We propose a new rehabilitation program based on group drumming to improve cognitive and motor functions, for patients with dementia and other debilitating diseases who have rhythm response capability.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Not provided
Patients who are judged by the collaborative research investigator (psychiatrist)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The cognitive function and the range of motion are compared before and after intervention for three months.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluation of the effect of exercise is to measure the momentum of the drum session by the gyro and acceleration sensors. Communication effect of the drum session, the brain activity of the prefrontal cortex measured in fNIRS (small near-infrared light spectral measuring device) in the drum playing simultaneously, to confirm the change of interpersonal nerve synchronization.