Experiences from a multimodal rhythm and music-based rehabilitation program in late phase of stroke recovery - A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rehabilitative stroke interventions based on principles of multimodal stimulation have the potential to profoundly affect neuroplastic processes beyond the sub-acute phase. In order to identify important core mechanisms, there is a need to explore how interventions that combine physical, social, sensory, and cognitively challenging activities are perceived and experienced by the participants. This qualitative study, based on an interpretive interactionist perspective, explored the experiences of stroke survivors who participated in a group-based multimodal rehabilitation program based on rhythm and music.

Methods and findings

Within four weeks after completion of the multimodal rehabilitation program, face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted on a sin

SUBMITTER: Pohl P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6143265 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature