Study on Functional Expansion of Music Education Technologies: An Approach to Music Rehabilitation Therapy of Neurology Ward Patients

Abstract

This article presents a research of the possibility to apply music education activities for rehabilitation of patients with neurodegenerative disease. The purpose of this work was development of a music psychotherapy program for rehabilitation of patients with Parkinson's neurodegenerative disease. We suggested "target objects" for music rehabilitation therapy at all levels of manifestation of symptoms ofillness: 1) physical restriction and rigidness which includes well-aimed work with breathing and movement symptoms, loss of control, lack of coordination, inflexibility, tremor; 2) emotional deprivation (realization and expression of emotions and feelings) through plastics of movements to music and singing-seeking catharsis through vivified contact with oneself and intensification of feelings ; 3) social deprivation: Well-aimed work on resocialization of the patient. Results we obtained contribute to further understanding and wider application of music education methods, technologies and approaches that may add to rehabilitation practices.