Abstract
Objectives
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive neurologic disorder involving degeneration
of the dopaminergic system. Its clinical manifestations include motor and nonmotor
symptoms. Several nonpharmacologic therapies, such as music therapy (MT), have recently
been developed in order to improve the clinical manifestations of this disease. The
aim of this narrative literature review is to analyze the scientific evidence for
the therapeutic effects of music in PD.
Design
We undertook a search in the databases of PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, MEDLINE, and Science
Direct.
Settingand Participants
Inclusion criteria were articles including persons with PD rehabilitated with an MT
intervention.
Measures
Keywords used were music therapy, Parkinson's disease, auditory cueing, non-motor symptoms, motor symptoms, and quality of life.
Results
We detected a total of 27 articles, all of which analyzed the therapeutic effects
of MT in PD. Of these, 20 studies analyzed the effects in motor symptoms (16 showed
beneficial effects and 4, nonbeneficial effects); 9 studies analyzed the effects in
nonmotor symptoms, 7 of which demonstrated beneficial effects; and 8 studies analyzed
the effects on quality of life, with 6 reporting benefits. None of the articles analyzing
nonmotor symptoms and quality of life showed negative effects.
Conclusions/Implications
Most of the studies analyzed demonstrated that MT has beneficial effects for the nonpharmacologic
treatment of motor and nonmotor symptoms and quality of life of persons with PD. The
use of music as a therapeutic tool combined with conventional therapies should be
taken into account.
Keywords
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