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  1. Group singing in cognitive decline – what it is and how it is done. A systematic search and review
  2. “It is my own sky”: A reflexive thematic analysis exploring lived experiences of dyslexic young people in Hong Kong through group songwriting
  3. Clinical effectiveness of music interventions for dementia and depression in older people (MIDDEL): a multinational, cluster-randomised controlled trial
  4. Relationship between dementia diagnostic characteristics and severity of depressive symptoms in a cross-sectional analysis of HOMESIDE baseline data
  5. Cognitive impairment, depressive symptoms, and demographic characteristics of care home residents living with dementia in six countries
  6. How adults with chronic health conditions made self-administered music interventions (SAMIs) work: thematic synthesis from a mixed-studies systematic review
  7. Exploring the use of musical activities implemented in home-based dementia care as part of the HOMESIDE study
  8. Therapeutic songwriting to enhance wellbeing and decrease depression in older people living in residential care: A lyrics analysis of participant-composed songs
  9. Music therapy approaches to support relationship quality in couples living with dementia: A hermeneutic-phenomenological study of music therapists’ reflections
  10. Mixed methods feasibility study of Music Attuned Technology Care via eHealth (MATCH) for people with complex behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia within an acute psychogeriatric ward
  11. Music attuned technology care via eHealth (MATCH): A proof-of-concept study for community-dwelling people living with dementia and caregivers
  12. Investigating the effects of group dance movement therapy sessions in adults living with treatment resistant depression: A mixed method case series
  13. Music Attuned Technology: Care via eHealth (MATCH): A proof‐of‐concept study trialling a music therapy informed mobile application for caregivers of people living with dementia
  14. Music Attuned Technology: Care via eHealth (MATCH): A proof‐of‐concept study trialling a music therapy informed mobile application for caregivers of people living with dementia
  15. "I wouldn't like technology to give people a get out of jail free card": Caregiver Reflections on a Hypothetical AI-assisted Music Intervention for Dementia Care
  16. "It made me happier, more relaxed, more enjoying what I was doing": Patients' experiences of self-selected music listening during pulmonary rehabilitation
  17. Author Correction: Everyday Uses of Music Listening and Music Technologies by Caregivers and People With Dementia: Survey and Focus Group Study
  18. Author Correction: Everyday Uses of Music Listening and Music Technologies by Caregivers and People With Dementia: Survey and Focus Group Study (Preprint)
  19. Everyday Uses of Music Listening and Music Technologies by Caregivers and People With Dementia: Survey and Focus Group Study
  20. Dance therapy as an intervention for stress and depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  21. Experiences of online music therapy placements in response to COVID-19 in Melbourne, Australia: Pedagogical considerations for supporting student learning
  22. Family Caregiver Experiences of Using a Mobile App for Music-based Training to Support Dementia Care
  23. Experiences of participant and public involvement in an international randomized controlled trial for people living with dementia and their informal caregivers
  24. Remini-Sing RCT: Therapeutic Choir Participation for Community-Dwelling People with Dementia and Their Primary Caregivers
  25. A mixed-studies systematic review of self-administered music interventions (SAMIs) for psychological wellbeing in people with chronic health conditions: Meta-analysis and narrative summary
  26. Participant-selected music listening during pulmonary rehabilitation in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomised controlled trial
  27. The HOMESIDE Study—A Research Project to Support People Living With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers: Preliminary Report on Reading Intervention
  28. ParkinSong Online: Feasibility of Telehealth Delivery and Remote Data Collection for a Therapeutic Group Singing Study in Parkinson’s
  29. Interventions for mitigating occupational stress for professional dementia caregivers in residential aged care: A systematic review with meta-analysis
  30. Everyday Uses of Music Listening and Music Technologies by Caregivers and People With Dementia: Survey and Focus Group Study (Preprint)
  31. Home-based family caregiver-delivered music and reading interventions for people living with dementia (HOMESIDE trial): an international randomised controlled trial
  32. Self-selected music listening during pulmonary rehabilitation in people with COPD: a multi-centre, randomised controlled trial.
  33. ‘A Light at the End of the Tunnel’
  34. Learning to use music as a resource: the experiences of people with dementia and their family care partners participating in a home-based skill-sharing music intervention: a HOMESIDE sub-study
  35. Content development and validation for a mobile application designed to train family caregivers in the use of music to support care of people living with dementia
  36. Statistical analysis plan for HOMESIDE: a randomised controlled trial for home-based family caregiver-delivered music and reading interventions for people living with dementia
  37. Recruitment approaches and profiles of consenting family caregivers and people living with dementia: A recruitment study within a trial
  38. The Influence of Home-Based Music Therapy Interventions on Relationship Quality in Couples Living with Dementia—An Adapted Convergent Mixed Methods Study
  39. How health-focused choirs adapted to the virtual world during the COVID-19 pandemic – An international survey
  40. Music for Traumatic Brain Injury and Impaired Consciousness
  41. The HOMESIDE Music Intervention: A Training Protocol for Family Carers of People Living with Dementia
  42. Influential factors of spousal relationship quality in couples living with dementia – A narrative synthesis systematic review
  43. The Use of Kinesthetic Empathy with Adults Living with Treatment Resistant Depression: A Survey Study
  44. Therapeutic Choirs for Families Living with Dementia: A Phenomenological Study
  45. Clinical effectiveness of music interventions for dementia and depression in elderly care (MIDDEL): Australian cohort of an international pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial
  46. Therapeutic music interventions with people with dementia living in residential aged care: Perspectives of residents, family members and care home staff from a cluster randomised controlled trial
  47. ParkinSong Online: protocol for a telehealth feasibility study of therapeutic group singing for people with Parkinson’s disease
  48. How Singing can Help People With Dementia and Their Family Care-Partners: A Mixed Studies Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis, Thematic Synthesis, and Meta-Integration
  49. Speech is a Sensitive Marker of Neuropsychiatric and Neurodegenerative Conditions (in the Right Context)
  50. “Doing Things Together Is What It’s About”: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Experience of Group Therapeutic Songwriting From the Perspectives of People With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers
  51. Making Qualitative Interviews in Music Therapy Research More Accessible for Participants Living With Dementia – Reflections on Development and Implementation of Interview Guidelines
  52. Empowering Caregivers of People Living with Dementia to Use Music Therapeutically at Home
  53. Toward a theory‐based specification of non‐pharmacological treatments in aging and dementia: Focused reviews and methodological recommendations
  54. Functional electrical stimulation+iPad-based music therapy for upper limb recovery after stroke: Study protocol for a mixed methods randomised controlled trial
  55. “It’s Feasible to Write a Song”: A Feasibility Study Examining Group Therapeutic Songwriting for People Living With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers
  56. ParkinSong: Outcomes of a 12-Month Controlled Trial of Therapeutic Singing Groups in Parkinson’s Disease
  57. HOMESIDE: home-based family caregiver-delivered music and reading interventions for people living with dementia: protocol of a randomised controlled trial
  58. Future Directions
  59. Music and Dementia
  60. Therapeutic Music Interventions to Support People With Dementia Living at Home With Their Family Caregivers
  61. Abstracts Presented at the SMART STROKES 2019 Conference, 8–9 August 2019, Hunter Valley, NSW
  62. Therapeutic Dancing for Frail Older People in Residential Aged Care: A Thematic Analysis of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation
  63. ParkinSong: A Controlled Trial of Singing-Based Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
  64. Development and feasibility testing of an online virtual reality platform for delivering therapeutic group singing interventions for people living with spinal cord injury
  65. Music Interventions for Dementia and Depression in ELderly care (MIDDEL): protocol and statistical analysis plan for a multinational cluster-randomised trial
  66. A therapeutic songwriting intervention to promote reconstruction of self-concept and enhance well-being following brain or spinal cord injury: pilot randomized controlled trial
  67. Treatment Fidelity in a Music Therapy Multi-site Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial for People Living With Dementia: The MIDDEL Project Intervention Fidelity Protocol
  68. Supporting positive parenting practices within a community‐based music therapy group program: Pilot study findings
  69. Music Interventions for Acquired Brain Injury: Findings From a Cochrane Review
  70. Remini-Sing: A Feasibility Study of Therapeutic Group Singing to Support Relationship Quality and Wellbeing for Community-Dwelling People Living With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers
  71. Meaning Making Process and Recovery Journeys Explored Through Songwriting in Early Neurorehabilitation: Exploring the Perspectives of Participants of Their Self-Composed Songs Through the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
  72. Community-Dwelling People Living With Dementia and Their Family Caregivers Experience Enhanced Relationships and Feelings of Well-Being Following Therapeutic Group Singing: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis
  73. A Group Therapeutic Songwriting Intervention for Family Caregivers of People Living With Dementia: A Feasibility Study With Thematic Analysis
  74. Exploring self-concept, wellbeing and distress in therapeutic songwriting participants following acquired brain injury: A case series analysis
  75. Music Interventions for Acquired Brain Injury: Findings From a Cochrane Review
  76. Personal identity narratives of therapeutic songwriting participants following Spinal Cord Injury: a case series analysis
  77. Therapeutic Singing Protocols for Addressing Acquired and Degenerative Speech Disorders in Adults
  78. Exploring the feasibility of a music-assisted relaxation intervention to assist with the initiation of non-invasive ventilation in people with Motor Neuron Disease
  79. Music interventions for acquired brain injury
  80. Exploring the Self through Songwriting: An Analysis of Songs Composed by People with Acquired Neurodisability in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Program
  81. Music and MND
  82. Mechanisms of change in self-concept and well-being following songwriting interventions for people in the early phase of neurorehabilitation
  83. Music-assisted relaxation during transition to non-invasive ventilation in people with motor neuron disease
  84. Music therapy research in dementia: fostering a global approach
  85. How Music Can Influence the Body: Perspectives From Current Research
  86. Flow and Meaningfulness as Mechanisms of Change in Self-Concept and Well-Being Following a Songwriting Intervention for People in the Early Phase of Neurorehabilitation
  87. A theoretical framework and therapeutic songwriting protocol to promote integration of self-concept in people with acquired neurological injuries
  88. Thematic Analysis of the Experience of Group Music Therapy for People with Chronic Quadriplegia
  89. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of respiratory muscle training on pulmonary function in tetraplegia
  90. The Effect of Singing Training on Voice Quality for People With Quadriplegia
  91. ‘Stroke a Chord’: The effect of singing in a community choir on mood and social engagement for people living with aphasia following a stroke
  92. Respiratory muscle training for cervical spinal cord injury
  93. Effect of Singing on Respiratory Function, Voice, and Mood After Quadriplegia: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  94. Commentaries
  95. Assessment of Breathing Patterns and Respiratory Muscle Recruitment During Singing and Speech in Quadriplegia
  96. Respiratory muscle training for cervical spinal cord injury
  97. Book Reviews
  98. A pilot study into the effect of vocal exercises and singing on dysarthric speech
  99. A Music Therapy Treatment Protocol for Acquired Dysarthria Rehabilitation
  100. Development of a Music Therapy Service in an Australian Public Rehabilitation Hospital
  101. Song Collage Technique: A New Approach to Songwriting
  102. Adjusting to Change Through Song: Themes in Songs Written by Clients With Traumatic Brain Injury
  103. Themes within Songs Written by People with Traumatic Brain Injury: Gender Differences