PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Elizabeth Stegemoller
AU  - Emily Forsyth
AU  - Bhavana Patel
AU  - Ahmad Elkouzi
TI  - Group therapeutic singing improves clinical motor scores in persons with Parkinson’s disease
AID  - 10.1136/bmjno-2022-000286
DP  - 2022 Aug 01
TA  - BMJ Neurology Open
PG  - e000286
VI  - 4
IP  - 2
4099  - http://neurologyopen.bmj.com/content/4/2/e000286.short
4100  - http://neurologyopen.bmj.com/content/4/2/e000286.full
SO  - BMJ Neurol Open2022 Aug 01; 4
AB  - Background Previous reports suggest that group therapeutic singing (GTS) may have a positive effect on motor symptoms in persons with Parkinson’s disease (PD).Objective To determine the effect of a single session of GTS on clinical motor symptoms.Methods Clinical motor symptom assessment was completed immediately before and after 1 hour of GTS in 18 participants.Results A significant decrease in average scores for gait and posture and tremor, but not speech and facial expression or bradykinesia was revealed.Conclusion These results support the notion that GTS is a beneficial adjuvant therapy for persons with PD that warrants further research.All data relevant to the study are included in the article or uploaded as online supplemental information.