music therapist (nat. registry 210817), rehabilitation scientist
- born in 1977
- works in the Parkinson Center Beelitz-Heilstaetten / Germany
- Focus: sensor-based music feedback, therapeutic singing, rhythmic - auditory stimulation (RAS) - gait training, music production: functional training music
- Dissertation on music-assisted treadmill training in stroke
- assistant faculty of the Academy for Neurologic Music Therapy at the Neurologic Music Therapy Institut
- operator of the information portal mit-musik-geht-reha-besser.de
- has developed significantly the Beelitzer music gymnastics, the Swallow Ringer and the App CuraSwing, an application for therapeutic interactive music feedback
- regular lectures and workshops
- representative of German Music Therapy Society in the German Umbrella Organisation for Music Therapy
- operates with the spontaneous choir a project on choral voice improvisation in Potsdam
contact: mainka @ kliniken-beelitz.de, also at research gate
Publications:
| Mainka, S, Weymann, E (2023). Music therapy newly defined. GMS J Art Ther 2023;5:Doc02 https://dx.doi.org/10.3205/jat000030 | |
| Mainka, S (2022). On the effect of music on movement. Musiktherapeutic Umschau, 43;4: 404-406. | |
| Mainka, S, Irons JY (2022). Singing as a therapeutic intervention in people with Parkinson's disease. A systematic review. Musiktherapeutic Umschau 43;3: 210-223. http://dx.doi.org/10.13109/muum.2022.43.3.210 | |
| Mainka, S. (2022). Music therapy in neurorehabilitation. neuroreha: 14(02):64-68 | |
| Mainka S, Schroll A, Warmerdam E, Gandor F, Maetzler W, Ebersbach G (2021). The power of musification: sensor-based music feedback improves arm swing in Parkinson's disease. Mov Dis Clin Prac https://doi.org/10.1002/mdc3.13352 | |
| Mainks, S. (2021). Almost as good as L-Dopa. Music also inspires Parkinson's. Blog post for musiktherapie.de. | |
| Gros, S., Mainka, S. (2021). Motivating rhythms - Beelitz music gymnastics in idiopathic Parkinson's disease. physio practice 4/21; Thieme Stuttgart, pp. 34-38. Reading list | |
| Mainka, S (2020). Neurological Music Therapy, In: Lexicon Music Therapy, eds. Decker-Voigt, HH, Weymann, E, 3rd edition, Hogrefe Göttingen. pp. 446 – 450 | |
| Sunday, J, Mainka, S (2020). Neurological music therapy and the atmosphere concept - a resonance relationship. Music Therapy Review Volume 41. 152-157. | |
| Mainka, S. (2018). Learning to walk again with music: Evaluation of music-assisted treadmill training for hemiparetic patients after stroke. University of Potsdam. https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-43004 | |
| Mainka, S., Wissel, J., Völler, H. Evers, S. (2018). The use of rhythmic auditory stimulation to optimize treadmill training for stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial. Front neurol, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2018.00755 | |
| Mainka, S (2018). Musiktherapie bei Parkinson-Erkrankung. neuroreha. März 2018. Thieme. Stuttgart. 32-37. Reading list | |
| Rizzonelli, M, Kim JH, Gladow, T and Mainka, S (2017). Musical stimulation with feedback in gait training for Parkinson's disease. Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and Brain. Vol 27 (3), Sep 2017, 213-218. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pmu0000182 | |
| Dalla Bella, S., Benoit, CE, Farrugia, N., Obrig, H., Keller, Peter E., Mainka, S., and Kotz, SA (2017). Gait improvement via rhythmic stimulation in Parkinson's disease is linked to rhythmic skills. Scientific reports. doi: 10.1038 / srep42005 | |
| Mainka, S. (2017): Musiktherapie beim IPS. In: Aktivierende Therapien bei Parkinson – Syndromen. Hrgs. G. Ebersbach & A. Ceballos-Baumann. 3. Überarbeitete Auflage Thieme, Stuttgart. | |
| Mainka, S., Spintge, R., Thaut, M. (2016): Music Therapy in medical and neurological rehabilitation stettings. In: The Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology. Eds. Susan Hallam, Ian Cross, Michael Thaut. Oxford University Press. 2nd edition. 857-876 | |
| Mainka, S., Koch, S., Schumacher, C., Eberhard-Kaechele, M. (2016): Wie effektiv sind künstlerische Therapien vs. Standard-Therapie bei der Behandlung des IPS (AHP6)? In: S3 Behandlungsleitlinie Idiopathisches Parkinson-Syndrom fvon Dt. Gesellschaft für Neurologie (Hrsg.) und Arbeitsgemeinschaft Wissenschaftlich-medizinischer Forschung. | |
| Mainka, S. (2016): Music stimulates muscles, mind, and feelings in one go. In: Sound, music and movement in Parkinson's disease. Ed. Marta Bienkiewicz, Cathy Craig Front Psychol. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01547 | |
| Benoit, CE, Dalla Bella, S., Farrugia, N., Obrig, H., Mainka, S., and Kotz, SA (2014). Musically cued gait-training improves both perceptual and motor timing in Parkinson's disease. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience doi: 10.3389 / fnhum.2014.00494 | |
| Mainka, S., Mallien, G. (2014): Rhythmic Speech Cueing. In: Handbook for Neurologic Music Therapy. Eds Thaut, M, Hoemberg, V. Oxford University Press. PDF online. Audio samples on rhythmic speech cueing | |
| Mainka, S. (2012): Keine Angst vorm Üben – Musiktherapie als Übendes Verfahren. Musiktherapeutische Umschau. 4 – 2012. S. 378 – 387 | |
| Mainka, S. & Reinhardt, A. (2012): Musiktherapie beim IPS. In Aktivierende Therapien bei Parkinson – Syndromen. In: Aktivierende Therapien bei Parkinsonsyndromen. Hrgs. G. Ebersbach & A. Ceballos-Baumann. 2. Auflage Thieme, Stuttgart. | |
| Mainka, S., Trebs, S. (2011) - Rhythmisch-Akustische Stimulation bei Morbus Parkinson – Auditives Dopamin. physiopraxis. Thieme, Stuttgart | |
| Mainka, S., Ebersbach, G., Ceballos-Baumann, A. (2009): Die Chancen der Musiktherapie nutzen. DNP Der Neurologe & Psychiater. Springer | |
| Mainka, S. (2009): Im Takt – Musiktherapie in der Rehabilitation nach Schlaganfall. In: PhysioPraxis. Thieme, Stuttgart | |
| Mainka, S. & Reinhardt, A. (2009): Musiktherapie beim IPS. In Aktivierende Therapien bei Parkinson – Syndromen. In: Aktivierende Therapien bei Parkinsonsyndromen. Hrgs. G. Ebersbach & A. Ceballos-Baumann. 1. Auflage Thieme, Stuttgart. | |
| Mainka, S. (2009): Rhythmisches Sprechtraining als möglicher Ansatz der Sprechtherapie für Patienten mit Progressiver Supranukleärer Blickparese. In: Progressive Supramukleäre Blickparese (PSP) – Sprechen, Sprache Kommunikation. (Hrg. S.Wagner und S.Kotz) | |
| Baumann, M. , Hinkelmann, A., Jochheim M. , Mainka, S., Straub, S., Unterharnscheidt, M. (2005) Indikationskatalog Musiktherapie in der Neurologischen Rehabilitation. Deutsche Musiktherapeutische Gesellschaft. Berlin | |
| Mainka, S. (2005): Der Einsatz von Pulsierender Auditiver Stimulation (PAS) in der sensomotorischen Rehabilitation. In: Musiktherapie der Neurorehabilitation. (Hrg. S. Jochims) S. 99-112. Hippocampus Verlag, Bad Honnef | |
| Mainka, S. (2002): Musiktherapie als integraler Bestandteil eines bio-psycho-sozialen Behandlungskonzepts in der psychiatrischen Tagesklinik. Thesis |
Congress presentations:
- Mainka, S (2022). Neurologic Music Therapy In A Special Hospital For Patients With Parkinson's Disease. 13th World Congress for Neurological Rehabilitation. WFNR. Dec 14-17, 2022. Vienna.
- Mainka, S, Ebersbach, G (2022). Feasibility of Sensor-Based Music Feedback in Patients with PD. Movement Disorders Society International Congress, Sept 15-18, 2022. Madrid. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.12831.43680/1
- Mainka S, Engel A, Gros S, Magee W, Oliver S, Rohde E (2022). Clinical Implications of Neurologic Music Therapy. Roundtable at the 12th European Music Therapy Congress. 8-12 June, 2022. Edinburgh.
- Mainka, S, Ebersbach, G (2021). Spontaneous effect of sensor-based music feedback on the arm swing when walking in Parkinson's patients. DPG Congress Highlights Digital 2021.
- Sonntag, J, Mainka, S (2019). Neurologic Music Therapy And The Atmosphere Concept: A Field Of Resonance. European Music Therapy Congress. Aalborg.
- Mainka, S, Ebersbach, G (2019). Interactive music feedback for arm swing training in Parkinson's. DPG Congress March 9, 2019 Düsseldorf
- Mainka, S, Ebersbach, G, Rizzonelli, M (2018). Musical Stimulation With And Without Feedback In Gait Training For Parkinson's Disease. Freezing of Gait Leuven. 6-8 June 2018. Leuven. Belgium.
- Mainka, S (2017). Evaluation of a music-based treadmill training for hemiparetic patients after a stroke. 25th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Neurorehabilitation eV 7-9 December 2017. Berlin
- Mainka, S, Ebersbach, G, Rizzonelli, M (2017). Rhythmic-auditory stimulation (RAS) with and without music feedback during gait training with patients with idiopathic Parkinson's syndrome. 25th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Neurorehabilitation eV 7-9 December 2017. Berlin
- Mainka, S, Wissel, J (2017). Evaluation of a music guided treadmill training for hemiparetic patients following stroke. European Congress for Neurorehabilitation. October 25-28, 2017. Lausanne, Switzerland
- Mainka, S., (2017). Rhythmic audit stimulation during gait training with and without sensor-based music feedback. 10th German Congress for Parkinson's and other movement disorders May 4-6, 2017. Baden-Baden. Germany
- Mainka, S. (2016). Introduction to neurological music therapy. Annual meeting of the Austrian Society for Neuro Rehabilitation. October 13-15, 2016. Pörtschach. Austria
- Straub, S, Mainka, S. (2007). Catalog of Indications for Music Therapy in Neurological Rehabilitation. VII. European Music Therapy Congress. Eindhoven