Effects of therapeutic instrumental music performance on upper limb motor function of children with cerebral palsy: A systematic review

IF 1.7 4区医学 Q4 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Brain & Development Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-13 DOI:10.1016/j.braindev.2025.104468

Zhuolin Wu , Meijiao Wu

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Abstract

Therapeutic instrumental music performance (TIMP) can be used to improve limb motor function in children with cerebral palsy (CwCP). The purpose of this systematic review is to further analyze the potential therapeutic effects of TIMP on upper limb motor function in CwCP. We used the terms "“music,"” "“therapeutic instrumental music performance,"” "“musical instruments,"” "“cerebral palsy,"” "“children,"” "“upper limb,"” and "“upper extremity"” as our search keywords, and conducted a search of articles published in English and Chinese databases: PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, Wiley Online Library, CINAHL, and CNKI, Wanfang Data as of March 2025. Initially, 409 articles were retrieved. After screening titles and abstracts and assessing eligibility, eight studies were included in this review. All studies assessed hand fine motor function, and five also evaluated upper limb gross motor function. Three studies used only keyboard instruments, two exclusively percussion instruments, and three combined keyboard, percussion, and plucked instruments. The results demonstrated that TIMP effectively improves upper limb motor function in CwCP.

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治疗性器乐演奏对脑瘫儿童上肢运动功能的影响：系统回顾。

治疗性器乐演奏（TIMP）可用于改善脑瘫（CwCP）患儿肢体运动功能。本系统综述的目的是进一步分析TIMP对CwCP上肢运动功能的潜在治疗作用。我们以“音乐，“” “”治疗性器乐演奏，“” “”乐器，“” “”脑瘫，“” “”儿童，“” “”上肢”和“上肢”作为搜索关键词，检索了截至2025年3月在PubMed， Cochrane, Web of Science, Wiley Online Library， CINAHL， CNKI，万方数据等中英文数据库中发表的文章。最初，检索了409篇文章。在筛选标题和摘要并评估合格性后，本综述纳入了8项研究。所有研究都评估了手部精细运动功能，其中5项研究还评估了上肢大运动功能。三项研究只使用键盘乐器，两项研究只使用打击乐器，三项研究将键盘、打击乐器和弹拨乐器结合使用。结果表明，TIMP能有效改善CwCP患者上肢运动功能。

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Brain & Development 医学-临床神经学

CiteScore

3.60

自引率

0.00%

发文量

153

审稿时长

50 days

期刊介绍： Brain and Development (ISSN 0387-7604) is the Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Child Neurology, and is aimed to promote clinical child neurology and developmental neuroscience. The journal is devoted to publishing Review Articles, Full Length Original Papers, Case Reports and Letters to the Editor in the field of Child Neurology and related sciences. Proceedings of meetings, and professional announcements will be published at the Editor''s discretion. Letters concerning articles published in Brain and Development and other relevant issues are also welcome.