Listening to Mozart K.448 Music for Individuals with Spasticity
Epilepsy often coincides with the spastic cerebral palsy due to the developmental disorder with a certain extent of brain damage. However, studies on the music therapy on spasticity are limited. While the common spasticity managements include the use of medications such as Baclofen or Botulinum toxins injections and physical rehabilitation such as pain-control, stretching and positioning, if more options of therapy are provided, it could be glad tidings to the individual with spasticity. Mozart K.448 was chosen to be the music group in a number of studies with positive effects found on cognition, stress and epilepsy [5-7]. Mozart K.448 is the sonata for two pianos in D major, which is composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1781.The first movement of the music is a fast tempo with a strong introduction. The main melody of the music is exposed by two pianos, whereas the theme is presented by both plays simultaneously. The first movement lasts for about 8 min with lots of variations in the dynamic, melody and tempo.