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A rehabilitation program based on music practice for patients with unilateral spatial neglect: a single-case study

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Pages 12-21 | Received 22 Jul 2016, Accepted 23 Nov 2016, Published online: 09 Dec 2016
 

ABSTRACT

Two major limitations of unilateral spatial neglect (USN) rehabilitation methods are actually reported: a lack of long-term efficiency and a lack of generalization to daily life. The aim of our case study was to underline how a multisensory method–music practice-could avoid these limitations. Mrs BV suffered from a chronic severe USN. She had rehabilitation sessions of music practice over 8 weeks. An improvement of her USN was found on paper-pencil tests but also in daily activities. Benefits subsisted 4 months after rehabilitation. Music practice seemed to avoid the major limitations of USN rehabilitations and could represent a promising tool.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This work was supported by the Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL).

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