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      • Many articles have demonstrated that MT can reduce cognitive decline especially in autobiographical and episodic memories, psychomotor speed, executive function domains, and global cognition. MT is a promising intervention for strategy of dementia especially of AD and it must be started as early as possible.
  1. Jan 25, 2017 · Music therapy (MT) is a non-pharmacological way with a long history of use and a fine usability for dementia patients. In this review, we will summarize different techniques, diverse clinical trials, and the mechanisms of MT as it is helpful to the cognition in AD, providing reference for future research.

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    There are many researches using receptive music for listening in the MT . Johnson JK reported that the AD twin had a significant improvement on the spatial-temporal task after listening to a piece of piano sonata of Mozart in 1998 . Last year Li CH et al. used the method of listening to Mozart’s Sonata (KV 448) and Pachelbel’s Canon with headphones...

    Singing is also widely used for dementia. Satoh M et al. made 10 AD patients sing their favorite songs for 6 months using karaoke . Karaoke is a method with music automatically played accompaniment when patients are singing. Many people are very familiar with karaoke, which is used universal and is enjoyable. People can mediate their own voice duri...

    This technique always calls for the music therapist using music elements like rhythm or melody as accompaniments to help patients to remember verbal contents. Simmons-Stern NR et al. first compared the recognition effectiveness of sung lyrics and spoken lyrics in AD patients in 2010. They found that music could enhance the brain encoding capacity o...

    There are rare clinical documents using music as background in dementia patients. Vivaldi’s ‘Spring’ movement from ‘The Four Seasons’ was once used as a background music during the recall tests in mild AD patients and healthy controls. Results indicated that music background could enhance the recall effects of autobiographical memory and reduce anx...

    There are more and more researches using MT which comprises not only just music but also with other activities like singing, dancing, playing instruments, rhythmic movements and so on [22–25]. Särkämö T et al. separated patients with mild and moderate dementia into three groups (including singing with rhythmic movements group, listening with remini...

    In addition to pharmacotherapy for dementia, there is a tendency of increasing researches using the intervention combining several different cognitive stimulations, which is called multisensory stimulation. Ozdemir L and his colleagues synthesized multisensory stimulations including MT using instrument with a light tempo, painting inanimate animate...

    • Rong Fang, Shengxuan Ye, Jiangtao Huangfu, David P. Calimag
    • 2017
  2. The use of music interventions as a non-pharmacological therapy to improve cognitive and behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients has gained popularity in recent years, but the evidence for their effectiveness remains inconsistent.

  3. Music therapy (MT) is a non-pharmacological way with a long history of use and a fine usability for dementia patients. In this review, we will summarize different techniques, diverse clinical...

  4. Music therapy is used as a treatment for the improvement of cognitive function in people with dementia. The intervention based on listening to music presents the greatest effect on patients with dementia followed by singing. Music therapy improved the quality of life of people with dementia.

  5. This NMA assessed the impact of music therapy interventions on cognitive function in dementia patients. RMT showed a significant improvement (effect size: 0.76; 95% CI: 0.32 to 1.21), suggesting a robust, positive effect compared to the control group.

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  7. May 28, 2024 · A 12-month randomised pilot trial of the Alzheimers and music therapy study: a feasibility assessment of music therapy and physical activity in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease.

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