Background Information: A good dance friend of mine recently revealed to me that he has Parkinson's. During a recent dance clinic I decided to use what I know about music and Parkinson's (music helps improve movement) in order to see how it impacted his symptoms over the course of the week. At the beginning of the week, his symptoms were rather mild and music, when paired with dance, made him appear as if he was never diagnosed with Parkinson's. (Sometimes, even hours after listening to music or dancing, one would not be able to tell!) As the week went on, despite the music that was playing or the opportunities to dance, his symptoms appeared to worsen. To what extent does music help these individuals? What does exhaustion do to the brain that no longer allows music to help with motor functioning? What do I seem to be missing when reading this research? Many thanks!
The use of dances, singing, music in the therapy of subcortical hyperkinesis has been known for a long time. It is important that such techniques should be applied professionally. Ok, In principle, professionalism is necessary in everything in life, but in this case we are talking about non-traditional methods of therapy. In these methods, international treatment protocols are often not available. Please see the two manuscript in Attachment. There is information about the role of dances in parkinsonism. PS. Our wonderful teachers told us in the process of studying at the university about situations during the Second World War. When an anxiety was announced in the front-line hospital and it was necessary to leave the ward, the seriously ill parkinsonics quickly left the hospital themselves in special shelters. And in the shelters again became virtually immobilized. So, the compensatory capabilities of the human brain are colossal.
Dear Olivia Barry,
Please also have a look at these useful links and PDF attachments.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marta_Bienkiewicz/publication/312086115_Sound_Music_and_Movement_in_Parkinson%27s_Disease/links/586e7b7508ae6eb871bd9dce/Sound-Music-and-Movement-in-Parkinsons-Disease.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235522750_How_often_does_music_and_rhythm_improve_patients%27_perception_of_motor_symptoms_in_Parkinson%27s_disease
Article THERAPEUTIC MUSIC INTERVENTION TECHNIQUES FOR PATIENTS WITH ...
Article The Effect of Group Music Therapy on Mood, Speech, and Singi...
Article Walking with Music Is a Safe and Viable Tool for Gait Traini...
http://www.jessicagrahn.com/uploads/6/0/8/5/6085172/17.pdf
http://ijact.org/volume3issue4/IJ0340028.pdf
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c818/27c01eaf245819edfdfac84c63ef7cd967c3.pdf
http://www.analefefs.ro/anale-fefs/2012/issue-2-s/pe-autori/35.pdf
http://fsu.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/fsu:182909/datastream/PDF/view
https://jyx.jyu.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/43877/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201407012193.pdf?sequence=1
http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:168989/datastream/PDF/view
Good luck!
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