Music therapy is one of the treatment methods for stroke, which is performed by listening, singing, playing or cooperating with music rhythm. With music stimulation, music therapy can accelerate the nerve repair in patients with stroke, improve the blood flow of brain, the cognitive level and the motor function, and help to alleviate the dysfunction caused by stroke. Compared with the conventional drug therapy, music therapy can also prevent the potential mental disorders and treat the existing mental disorders in patients with stroke, so as to improve the patients’ psychology, effectively supplement the deficiency of psychological intervention, and help the patients to recover better. This paper reviews the latest progress in music therapy for stroke, and looks forward to the future development of music therapy.

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