Author: Magee WL1, O'Kelly J.
Affiliation: 1Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Conference/Journal: Ann N Y Acad Sci.
Date published: 2015 Mar
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Volume ID: 1337 , Issue ID: 1 , Pages: 256-62 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1111/nyas.12633. , Word Count: 162
Patients with prolonged disorders of consciousness (PDOC) stemming from acquired brain injury present one of the most challenging clinical populations in neurological rehabilitation. Because of the complex clinical presentation of PDOC patients, treatment teams are confronted with many medicolegal, ethical, philosophical, moral, and religious issues in day-to-day care. Accurate diagnosis is of central concern, relying on creative approaches from skilled clinical professionals using combined behavioral and neurophysiological measures. This paper presents the latest evidence for using music as a diagnostic tool with PDOC, including recent developments in music therapy interventions and measurement. We outline standardized clinical protocols and behavioral measures to produce diagnostic outcomes and examine recent research illustrating a range of benefits of music-based methods at behavioral, cardiorespiratory, and cortical levels using video, electrocardiography, and electroencephalography methods. These latest developments are discussed in the context of evidence-based practice in rehabilitation with clinical populations.
© 2014 New York Academy of Sciences.
KEYWORDS:
assessment scales; brain injury; diagnosis; disorders of consciousness; music therapy; rehabilitation
PMID: 25773642