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CompletedNCT01586221MT/PTUpdated Jul 21, 2017

Music Therapy/Physical Therapy Intervention to Enhance Well-being and Functional Recovery Post-stroke

An interventional study of Music & Physical Therapy in Stroke With Hemiparesis, sponsored by NYU Langone Health. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-07-21.

Sponsored by NYU Langone Health · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jan 2012, registered Apr 2012).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to see if group Music Therapy and Physical Therapy will help in the recovery from stroke. It is hoped that music and physical therapy in a group setting will help physical, mental, and social well-being.

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The purpose of the study is to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of an "enriched," combined music therapy/physical therapy (MT/PT) rehabilitation intervention that addresses physical, psychological, and social well-being simultaneously in a group setting to enhance post-stroke recovery. The intervention will be implemented through collaboration between the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at NYU Steinhardt and the Motor Recovery Laboratory at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, NYU Medical Center.

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Conditions studied

  • Stroke With Hemiparesis

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Keywords

  • Rehabilitation
  • Fingers
  • Grasp
  • Strength
  • Brain Function
  • Physiopathology
  • Functional Laterality
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Biomechanis
  • Touch
  • Music Therapy
  • Weight-Bearing
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In context

Stroke

7,286 studies on the registry are indexed under Stroke; 2,007 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 30 is below the median of 50 across 5,369 interventional studies indexed under Stroke.

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Lead sponsor

NYU Langone Health is the lead sponsor of 1,391 studies on the registry; 254 are open to participants now.

Of its 227 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 191 (84%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  1. Able to read and write in English
  2. Unilateral stroke at least 6 months prior
  3. Independent community ambulation with or without assistive devices
  4. Presence of at least 5 degrees of active motion in proximal and distal upper extremity joints, suggesting presence of a neural substrate for recovery

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Neurological or psychiatric disease such as clinical depression
  2. Hearing deficits
  3. History of surgery or other significant injury that could preclude task performance
  4. Complicating medical problems such as uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes with signs of neuropathy, and previous neurological illness such as head trauma, prior stroke, epilepsy or demyelinating disease
  5. Any factors that may put the subject at significant risk or confound study results
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
30 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Other
    Music & Physical Therapy

    Subjects will received Music and Physical Therapy in a group setting.

    Other: Music & Physical Therapy

Interventions

  • OtherMusic & Physical Therapy

    Participants will receive combined Music Therapy and Physical Therapy for 6 Weeks. Two times per week for 1 hour.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Base Line Measurement of Hand Function

    Participants will be assessed prior to starting therapy: - Measurement of current hand motor impairment during a functional grasp and lift tasks

    Time frame: Beginning of study

Secondary outcomes

  1. Hand Function after Therapy

    Participants will be assessed after 6 weeks of Therapy for: * change in hand motor impairment during a functional grasp and lift tasks * Hand Function

    Time frame: After completion of therapy

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Study locations

1 site
  • New York University School of Medicine
    New York, New York 10016, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Raghavan P, Geller D, Guerrero N, Aluru V, Eimicke JP, Teresi JA, Ogedegbe G, Palumbo A, Turry A. Music Upper Limb Therapy-Integrated: An Enriched Collaborative Approach for Stroke Rehabilitation. Front Hum Neurosci. 2016 Oct 7;10:498. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00498. eCollection 2016. PubMed 27774059 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 21, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01586221
Lead sponsor
NYU Langone Health
Collaborators
New York University
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 26, 2012
Start date
Jan 1, 2012
Primary completion
May 2016
Completion
May 1, 2017
Last update
Jul 21, 2017

Study contacts

Preeti Raghavan, MD
principal investigator · NYU Langone Health

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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