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Front. Neurol.
Sec. Pediatric Neurology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1443329
This article is part of the Research Topic Medical Neurohumanities: Sharing Insights from Medicine, Neuroscience and Music in Pediatric Care View all 8 articles

Euterpe Music Therapy Methodology and Procedure Algorithms

Provisionally accepted
Tommaso Liuzzi Tommaso Liuzzi 1,2*Fiammetta D'Arienzo Fiammetta D'Arienzo 1,3Massimiliano Raponi Massimiliano Raponi 3Paola De Bartolo Paola De Bartolo 4Miled Tarabay Miled Tarabay 5Roberto Giuliani Roberto Giuliani 2Enrico Castelli Enrico Castelli 1
  • 1 Unit of Neurorehabilitation, Department of Intensive Neurorehabilitation and Robotics, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital (IRCCS), Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • 2 Conservatory of Music 'Santa Cecilia', Roma, Italy
  • 3 Other, Rome, Italy
  • 4 Department of Human Sciences, Guglielmo Marconi University, Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • 5 School of Music and Performing Arts, Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, Jounieh, Lebanon

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    As highlighted by the scientific literature, music therapy (MT) represents a significant non-pharmacological intervention within neurorehabilitation programs. MT offers benefits in the recovery process and enhances the quality of life for patients with neurodevelopmental disorders. A review of the literature reveals a lack of MT models focusing on real-time personalized composition using electronic music techniques. Furthermore, studies on MT conducted within a multisensory therapeutic context are limited. Recent literature reviews on MT in telerehabilitation have highlighted that the application of the Euterpe Method (EM) is complex due to limited technical information available and the combined background required for music therapists to replicate the EM protocol. Methods: This paper presents a manual which specifies the procedures and algorithms of the EM, developed during a research program conducted in a pediatric hospital in Italy. The prerogative of the EM is the use of procedures aimed at creating personalized therapeutic compositions within a multisensory environment. Discussion: The efficacy and resilience of the EM have been demonstrated in two experimental studies. The first focused on the use of telerehabilitation in children with developmental disorders, while the second involved hospitalized children with cerebral palsy.This study integrates medicine, neuroscience, and MT to develop personalized interventions in pediatrics, fostering collaboration among specialists and families, enhancing patient well-being, and opening new therapeutic perspectives, while ensuring the replicability of the EM approach.

    Keywords: Music Therapy, Euterpe Method, Rehabilitation, Children, sleep quality, parental distress, Quality of Life, Cerebral Palsy

    Received: 03 Jun 2024; Accepted: 16 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Liuzzi, D'Arienzo, Raponi, De Bartolo, Tarabay, Giuliani and Castelli. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Tommaso Liuzzi, Unit of Neurorehabilitation, Department of Intensive Neurorehabilitation and Robotics, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital (IRCCS), Rome, 00165, Lazio, Italy

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