Combining drug and music therapy in patients with moderate Alzheimer's disease: a randomized study.

Alzheimer's disease (AD) can impair language, but active music therapy (AMT) and memantine (M) can improve communication. This study aimed to clarify whether adding AMT to M may improve language in comparison with drugs alone in patients with moderate AD on stable therapy with acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AchEI). Forty-five AD patients treated with stable dose of AchEI were randomized to receive AMT plus M 20 mg/day or M 20 mg/day for 24 weeks.

Active music therapy improves cognition and behaviour in chronic vascular encephalopathy: a case report.

Objectives: This study describes the effects of active music therapy (AMT) on cognition and behaviour in chronic vascular encephalopathy.

Design: A single case study investigated different cognitive and psycho-behavioural changes after AMT.

Setting: An adult patient with memory, attention, and verbal fluency deficits associated with Vascular Cognitive Impairment-No Dementia (VCI-ND) was treated.