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Washington, July 6 (IANS) Music therapy can help stroke victims walk again as well as play a wider role in recovery from brain injury.Music therapy is a technique that stimulates brain functions and aims to improve results for patients.One common technique is rhythmic auditory stimulation, which relies on the connections between rhythm and movement. Music of a particular tempo is used to stimulate movement in the patient.Rhythmic auditory stimulation therapy improved walking speed by an average of 14 metres per minute and helped patients take longer steps.In one trial, rhythmic auditory stimulation also improved arm movements, as measured by how far the elbow could be extended.Seven small studies, which together involved 184 people, were included in the review study.Four focused specifically on stroke patients, with three of them using rhythmic auditory stimulation as the treatment technique.'This review shows encouraging results for the effects of music therapy in stroke patients,' said Joke Bradt of the Arts and Quality of Life Research Centre at Temple University, Philadelphia, who led the study.'As most of the studies we looked at used rhythm-based methods, we suggest that rhythm may be a primary factor in music therapy approaches to treating stroke,' added Bradt, according to a Temple University release.
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