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Music can prove beneficial to stroke victims
It appears that patients who have suffered a cerebral vascular accident (CVA or stroke) are likely to benefit considerably from being prescribed music therapy sessions. Jazz, classical music and folk music are believed to relieve the depressive disorders that can follow a stroke and help to improve speech.
A research team from Finland studied 60 patients hospitalised as a result of CVA. Immediately after their stroke, part of the group was given a “prescription” to listen for two hours a day to music of their choice. This “treatment” was continued for six months; the other patients in the cohort formed a control group.
“Three months after their CVA, we noted that the patients in the group that was treated were less depressed. Furthermore, they showed considerably more progress where speech was concerned ”, one of the authors points out, although optimism must remain cautious. “This is the first study conducted on this subject and we therefore need to confirm this data with a larger cohort.”
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