Tests music-based home therapy for recovery after stroke
Tests music-based therapy at home, alongside usual care, in adults recovering from stroke.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Efficacy of Music-Based Telerehabilitation After Stroke
Key facts
- Where
- Helsinki, FinlandSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 30 and 80 years old?
Source: NCT06804304, who can take part
Where in Finland
- University of Helsinki / Faculty of Medicine / Department of PsychologyHelsinki, FinlandTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Teppo Sarkamo
- Trial code
- NCT06804304
- Record updated
- 22 April 2026
- Original description
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).Read full original descriptionShow less
Efficacy of Music-Based Telerehabilitation After Stroke
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).
Inclusion: Left or right hemisphere stroke which has occurred at least 3 months ago; At least mild cognitive deficit and mild aphasia / upper-extremity hemiparesis caused by the stroke; Age 30-80 years; Finnish-speaking (or bilingual, able to participate in Finnish); Understands the purpose of the study and is able to give informed consent.
Exclusion: Prior significant hearing or visual impairment; Prior severe psychiatric illness (e.g., schizopheria, bipolar disorder, severe unipolar depression); Prior severe neurological illness (e.g., brain injury, dementia; can have prior TIA or mild stroke).