Music Stimulation for People with Disorders of Consciousness: A Scoping Review

Brain Sciences

Mark F. O’Reilly¹  Giulio E. Lancioni²  Nirbhay N. Singh³  Lorenzo Desideri⁴  Jeff Sigafoos⁵ 

[1] College of Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, GA 78712, USA;Department of Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari, 70121 Bari, Italy;Department of Psychiatry, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA;Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy;School of Education, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6012, New Zealand;

关键词: disorders of consciousness;    unresponsive wakefulness syndrome;    vegetative state;    minimally conscious state;    music;    rehabilitation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/brainsci11070858

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Music stimulation is considered to be a valuable form of intervention for people with severe brain injuries and prolonged disorders of consciousness (i.e., unresponsive wakefulness/vegetative state or minimally conscious state). This review was intended to provide an overall picture of work conducted during the last decade to assess the impact of music on behavioral and non-behavioral responses of people with disorders of consciousness. Following the PRISMA-ScR checklist, a scoping review was carried out to identify and provide a synthesis of eligible studies published in English during the 2010–2021 period. Three databases (i.e., PubMed, PsycINFO, and Web of Science) were employed for the literature search. Thirty-four studies met the inclusion criteria. Those studies were grouped into three categories based on whether they assessed the effects of: (i) recorded music, (ii) interactive music, or (iii) response-contingent music. A narrative synthesis of the studies of each of the three categories was eventually provided. While the studies of all three categories reported fairly positive/encouraging results, several methodological questions make it difficult to draw conclusions about those results and their implications for intervention programs in daily contexts.

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