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Article: Music Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis: Results of a Systematic Qualitative Analysis
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- Music Therapy Perspectives
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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ABSTRACT: Acquired and chronic neurological illness causes fundamental changes to all aspects of an individual's identity, starting with the physical self and extending through one's psychosocial existence. The descriptive literature on music therapy with acquired neuro-disabling conditions often describes the holistic effect of intervention on all areas such as communication, emotions, social and physical responses. However, the empirical research to date has isolated single variables which demonstrate functional improvement, even though functional goal-oriented techniques may not optimize the psychotherapeutic potential which music therapy possesses. This has created a gap between that ...