The Effects of a Rhythm and Music-based Therapy Program and Therapeutic Riding in Late Recovery Phase Following Stroke
Stroke
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Stroke
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Aged 50 - 75 years
- Disability grade 2 or 3 on MRS*)
- Being in the late-phase of stroke (1 - 5 years after an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke)
- Ability to understand written and oral information and instructions in Swedish
- Having an own housing
- Ability to travel to the place of intervention and evaluation
- No need for personal assistance in activities of daily living while participating in the treatment (going to the toilet, transport/transportation services for disabled, walking)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Disability rated ˂ 2 or ˃ 3 on MRS*)
- Pronounced fear of horses or allergy constituting a risk for the patients to participate in the therapeutic riding
- Heart conditions that constitutes a risk for the individual to participate in the interventions
- Non-controlled epileptic seizures constituting a risk for the patients to participate in the intervention
- Lack of cognitive and/or verbal ability that makes it difficult for the individual to understand instructions and/or evaluation
- Total paralysis of the affected arm
- Injury or disease that makes the individual not suitable for the trial
- Weight ˃ 95 kg (in order to spare the horses)
- Having more than a half-time employment
- Injury, disease or addiction that make the individual not suitable for the trial
- Participation in RGRM or therapeutic riding during the year prior to inclusion
- Having an additional stroke within the past year (TIA is however accepted)
- Lack of willingness to participate in both treatment methods
- Living ˃ 80 km from Gothenburg
- Dependent on transportation services for disabled across the community border which is not allowed according to the regulation
Sites / Locations
- Sahlgrenska University hospital / Högsbo
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Active Comparator
Other
Rhythm and music therapy
Therapeutic riding
Receives no intervention
Since 1993 The RGRM Method is a concept launched in both health and medical care. The method is mainly designed to help people with injuries and diseases of the central nervous system.
Therapeutic riding can be useful for individuals with neurological and muscular impairments. The goal of therapeutic riding as professional treatment is to improve neurological functioning and to achieve functional gains and enhance life skills.
Receives no intervention and acts as a control group in the analyses but will receive rhythm and music therapy after one year, when the long-term follow-up is completed.