| Keywords |
Music therapy ; Stroke ; Walking function ; Intensity of muscle |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is verifying effect of music therapy when it is applied to stroke patient along with general physical therapy. For this, 25 subjects of study were divided into two groups; experimental group with 13 subjects and control group with 12 subjects. Experimental group was treated with general physical therapy along with music therapy for 6 months, and control group was treated only with physical therapy for 6 months. After 6 months, walking speed and functional intensity of muscle movement of the lower part of the subjects’ body were measured. The result of this experiment was analyzed by SPSS WIN 13.0 and it shows as follows. In an aspect of SCGS (Self-selective Comfortable Gait Speed), the average of experimental group showed decrease of 4.23 m/sec, from 24.31m/sec to 20.08 m/sec. In MGS (Maximal Gait Speed), the average of experimental group showed decrease of 4.92 m/sec, from 20.23 m/sec to 15.31 m/sec (p < 0.01). The functional intensity, of muscle movement of lower part of subjects’ body of control group, measured before and after the experiment, increased by 279.2 m in average comparing with that of experimental group’s 905.4 m in average. This increase had statistical meaning (p < 0.01). These results above show that rather than treating only with physical therapy, treating physical therapy along with music therapy is much more efficient in improving walking function and functional intensity of muscle movement of lower part of the body of stroke patient. |