學院 |
醫學院 |
系所 |
職能治療學系 |
題名 |
Effects of listening to pleasant music on chronic unilateral neglect: A single-subject |
作者 |
Tsai, P-L.*, Chen, M-C., Huang,
Y-T., Lin, K-C. |
期刊名稱 |
NeuroRehabilitation (SSCI 期刊) |
發表日期 |
2013 |
著作性質 |
原著 |
語文 |
英文 |
關鍵字 |
Neglect, Music, Attention, Stroke, Rehabilitation |
摘要 |
Recent studies suggest that the positive emotion induced by pleasant music may improve cognitive functions. We used the single-subject design to study whether listening to preferred music may reduce unilateral neglect in two participants with post-stroke neglect. These participants were instructed to listen to their preferred music every day for 5 weeks, followed by 2 weeks of follow-up assessment. Outcome measures involved the Star Cancellation Test, the Line Bisection Test, and the visual exploration task. A combination of visual analysis and the two-standard-deviation band method was used for data analysis. Both participants showed significant intervention-related improvements on all outcome measures except the Line Bisection Test, on which one participant showed no improvement. The therapeutic effects were maintained during the follow-up phase. The findings suggest that positive emotion, evoked by preferred music, may be used to ameliorate unilateral neglect. Further research using controlled trials is warranted to validate the findings. |