What is the role of music therapy in coma patients.
['[Beneficial effect of preferred music on cognitive functions in minimally conscious state patients].', 'Several studies have shown that music can boost cognitive functions in normal and brain-damaged subjects. A few studies have suggested a beneficial effect of music in patients with a disorder of consciousness but it is difficult to conclude since they did not use quantified measures and a control condition/group. ', '. This new protocol suggests that preferred music has a beneficial effect on the cognitive abilities of MCS patients. ', 'This review presents an overview of the use of music therapy in neurological early rehabilitation of patients with coma and other disorders of consciousness (DOC) such as unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS) or minimally conscious state (MCS). ', "The programs' content consisted of recreation and communication options, which involved activating music, videos, and basic requests, sending and receiving (listening to) text messages, and placing phone calls. ", 'Active music therapy in the rehabilitation of severe brain injured patients during coma recovery.', 'Active improvised music therapy may offer an adjuvant from of treatment in the early rehabilitation of severe brain-injured patients.', 'Our preliminary results show a significant improvement of the collaboration of the severe brain-injured patients and a reduction of undesired behaviours such as inertia (reduced psychomotor initiative) or psychomotor agitation.', "Hence, it is possible for music therapy to both establish contact with the seemingly non-responsive patient and re-stimulate the person's fundamental communication competencies and experience at the emotional, social and cognitive levels.", 'Six studies focused on the provision of multisensory stimulation or music therapy.']
['Several studies have shown that music can boost cognitive functions in patients with a disorder of consciousness but it is difficult to conclude since they did not use quantified measures and a control condition/group. Active improvised music therapy may offer an adjuvant form of treatment in the early rehabilitation of severe brain-injured patients.']
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