Cochrane Reviews: Music Therapy
Several music therapy researchers, led by Dr. Joke Bradt and Dr. Cherly Dileo, have been developing a series of Cochrane Reviews that focus on music therapy research. Cochrane Reviews must follow intensely rigorous scientific methods and these reviews contribute valuable credibility to the field.
MUSIC THERAPY FOR ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY
http://www.temple.edu/boyer/ResearchCenter/MTforABI.htm
This review examined music therapy with adult populations with acquired brain damage of a non-degenerative nature, and its effects on gait, upper extremity function, communication, mood and emotions, social skills, pain, behavioral outcomes, activities of daily living, and adverse events.
MUSIC THERAPY FOR END-OF-LIFE CARE
http://www.temple.edu/boyer/ResearchCenter/End-of-LifeCareReview.htm
This Cochrane systematic review by Dr. Joke Bradt and Dr. Cheryl Dileo included five clinical trails with a total of 175 patients. We included randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials that compared music therapy interventions and standard care with standard care alone or combined with other therapies in any care setting with a diagnosis of advanced life-limiting illness being treated with palliative intent and with a life expectancy of less than two
years.
Also available, is the full text review of Music Interventions for Mechanically Ventilated Patients, linked from http://www.temple.edu/boyer/ResearchCenter/index.htm.
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Members of the Student Association for Music Therapy engage in educational and promotional activities in the field of music therapy. Members also provide service to the community and participate in regional and national conventions.
What is Music Therapy?
According to the American Music Therapy Association, “music therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.”