Music Listening for Cardiorespiratory Exercise in Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke
• Interventions: Behavioral: Music

• Registration Number: NCT05398575
• Lead Sponsor: University of Aarhus

Brief Summary

Stroke survivors struggle to meet clinical recommendations for physical exercise duration and intensity. During the past two decades, music interventions have increasingly shown effectiveness in several motor tasks in stroke rehabilitation. Additionally, music has been found effective in increasing exercise performance in athletes and other clinical populations. Based on a meta-theoretical review paper by Clark, Baker \& Taylor (2016), it was hypothesized that the therapeutic effects of music in physical exercise is modulated by the preference and task-specificity of the music. We will test this hypothesis using a three-armed randomized cross-over design comprised of the following auditory conditions: 1) a group-tailored playlist 2) radio as active control and 3) a non-music control condition during cycle ergometry cardiorespiratory exercise sessions. Participants are inpatient stroke survivors undergoing rehabilitation between 2-12 weeks post infarct.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-02-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-05-30
• Study Completion: 2018-05-30
• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Study First Submitted: 2022-04-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-05-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-31
• Study First Posted: 2022-06-01
• Last Update Posted: 2022-06-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 19

Inclusion Criteria

• between 2-12 weeks post ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke
• assessed eligible to participate in cardiorespiratory exercise by the patient's primary physiotherapist and interdisciplinary team -≥18 years old

Exclusion Criteria

• uncontrolled medical contraindications for physical activity
• severe hearing deficit or cochlear implants
• severe deficit of both auditory and visual communication not allowing for guiding the patient in the exercise task

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Standard treatment with radio music	Music	Listening to local radio channel with music
Standard treatment with tailored music playlist	Music	Music playlist tailored for a group of 5-8 individuals.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Exercise time	Proportion of time during the 30 minutes session	Time spent actively participating in the physiotherapy session
Heart rate reserve	Proportion of time during the 30 minutes session	Time spent in therapeutic heart rate zone

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feeling scale	Immediately before and after the intervention.	11 point Likert scale rating affective valence (current feeling state)
Evaluation of condition	Immediately after the intervention	Rating of preferred audio condition on a 10 point Likert scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

North Denmark Region; 🇩🇰 Aalborg, Denmark