Music therapy and neurological rehabilitation : performing health / edited by David Aldridge.

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005.

302 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

First American paperback edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-290) and index.

Looking for the why, how and when ; Gesture and dialogue : music therapy as praxis aesthetic and embodied hermeneutic ; Dialogic degenerative diseases and health as a performed aesthetic / David Aldridge -- An overview of therapeutic initiatives when working with patients suffering from dementia / Hanne Mette Ridder -- Music therapy in neurorehabilitation with people who have experienced traumatic brain injury : a literature review / Simon K. Gilbertson -- Encounter with the conscious being of patients in persistent vegetative state / Ansgar Herkenrath -- 'Swing in my brain' : active music therapy for people living with multiple sclerosis / Wolfgang Schmid -- A music therapy intervention for patients suffering with chronic aphasia : a controlled study / Monika Jungblut -- 'Traditional oriental music therapy' in neurological rehabilitation / Gerhard Tucek -- What are the therapeutic effects of art therapies in the primary treatment of paraplegic patients? : a qualitative study with 21 patients treated at the herdecke community hospital / Anke Scheel-Sailer -- Coda / David Aldridge.