title: The immediate effects of therapeutic keyboard music playing for finger training in adults undergoing hand rehabilitation.
abstract: [Purpose] The purpose of this study was to examine the immediate effects of therapeutic keyboard music playing on the finger function of subjects' hands through measurements of the joint position error test, surface electromyography, probe reaction time, and writing time. [Subjects and Methods] Ten subjects were divided randomly into experimental and control groups. The experimental group used therapeutic keyboard music playing and the control group used grip training. All subjects were assessed and evaluated by the joint position error test, surface electromyography, probe reaction time, and writing time. [Results] After accomplishing therapeutic keyboard music playing and grip training, surface electromyography of the two groups showed no significant change, but joint position error test, probe reaction time, and writing time obviously improved. [Conclusion] These results suggest that therapeutic keyboard music playing is an effective and novel treatment for improving joint position error test scores, probe reaction time, and writing time, and it should be promoted widely in clinics.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty, Capital Medical University, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; Department of Psychology, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty, Capital Medical University, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; Department of Psychology, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China.
authors.forename: Songhuai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty, Capital Medical University, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; Department of Spinal and Neural Function Reconstruction, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China.
authors.forename: Degang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty, Capital Medical University, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; Department of Spinal and Neural Function Reconstruction, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China.
authors.forename: Liangjie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty, Capital Medical University, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China; Department of Psychology, China Rehabilitation Research Center, China.
authors.forename: Ziyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: Finger training; Music therapy; Therapeutic Keyboard Music Playing (TKMP)