Singing in groups for Parkinson's disease (SING-PD): A pilot study of group singing therapy for PD-related voice/speech disorders

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 548-552

  Shih, Ludy C ^a   Piel, Jordan ^b   Warren, Amanda ^b   Kraics, Lauren ^a   Silver, Althea ^a   Vanderhorst, Veronique ^a   Simon, David K ^a   Tarsy, Daniel ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Parkinson's disease; Pilot study; Singing therapy; Speech voice impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPEN STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHONATION; PILOT STUDY; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGING; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION; VOICE ANALYSIS; VOICE HANDICAP INDEX; VOICE RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 84861196893     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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