{"id":103376,"date":"2020-03-06T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/music-therapy-for-stroke-patients-improves-brain-and-motor-function"},"modified":"2020-03-06T09:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T17:03:00","slug":"music-therapy-for-stroke-patients-improves-brain-and-motor-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/music-therapy-for-stroke-patients-improves-brain-and-motor-function","title":{"rendered":"Music therapy for stroke patients \u2018improves brain and motor function\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/music-therapy-for-stroke-patients-improves-brain-and-motor-function.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Music therapy can help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/10749357.2020.1729585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">improve brain and motor function in stroke patients<\/a>, scientists say.<\/p>\n<p>A new study has found taking part in music sessions can boost mood and improve concentration in patients recovering from stroke. Those participating in the two-year sessions alongside existing stroke rehabilitation treatment also reported physical benefits such as better arm function and gait.<\/p>\n<p>Based on their trials, the researchers are preparing a proposal for an NHS-funded permanent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/the-power-of-music-for-health\/\">music therapy<\/a> sessions post on the stroke ward at the Addenbrooke\u2019s hospital in Cambridge, where the study was conducted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music therapy can help improve brain and motor function in stroke patients, scientists say. A new study has found taking part in music sessions can boost mood and improve concentration in patients recovering from stroke. Those participating in the two-year sessions alongside existing stroke rehabilitation treatment also reported physical benefits such as better arm function [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,42,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-media-arts","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}