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Efficacy of Music-Based Telerehabilitation After Stroke
Led by Teppo Sarkamo · Updated on 2026-04-22
100
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
199 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
T
Teppo Sarkamo
Lead Sponsor
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HUS Neurocenter
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a music-based telerehabilitation intervention implemented at home works to treat different kinds of neurological deficits caused by stroke. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) Can the music intervention improve recovery of cognitive, verbal, motor, and emotional deficits after stroke, 2) can the music intervention enhance structural and functional recovery of the brain, and (3) how different demographic, musical, and clinical background factors affect the way the music intervention works. Researchers will compare the music intervention to standard (usual) care to see if the music intervention works to treat the deficits caused by stroke. Subjects are stroke patients who will participate either in the music intervention 5 times/week for 10 weeks in addition to standard care or receive standard care only. During the trial, the subjects will undergo neuropsychological testing and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) three times: at baseline (before the intervention), at 3-month stage (immediately after the intervention), and at 6-month stage (3 months after the intervention).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Efficacy of Music-Based Telerehabilitation After Stroke
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Left or right hemisphere stroke which occurred at least 3 months ago
- At least mild cognitive deficit and mild aphasia or upper-extremity hemiparesis caused by the stroke
- Age between 30 and 80 years
- Finnish-speaking or bilingual with ability to participate in Finnish
- Understands the study purpose and can give informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Significant hearing or visual impairment before the study
- Severe psychiatric illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or severe unipolar depression
- Severe neurological illness like brain injury or dementia (prior transient ischemic attack or mild stroke allowed)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Helsinki / Faculty of Medicine / Department of Psychology
Helsinki, Finland, 00014
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Research Team
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Teppo Särkämö, Ph.D.
CONTACT
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Nella Moisseinen, M.A.
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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