A mother from China has claimed that Gangnam Style, a highly popular Korean pop song from 2012, is responsible for waking her daughter from a coma which lasted 258 days.

Ying Nan, 10, defied all odds when she recovered from her vegetative state on September 6, 2014, after hearing her mum sing the international hit by singer Psy, reported People's Daily Online.

Beijing-native Ying Nan suffered a brain haemorrhage earlier that year, on January 18. However, despite doctors advising that she was unlikely to ever wake up, the girl's mother, Liu Ruixiang, never gave up hope.

The devoted mother massaged her ill daughter over 400 times a day and turned her over every hour.

But it was only when Liu sang her daughter's favourite song, Gangnam Style, which is also known as the 'Horse Riding Dance' in China, that Ying Nan began to show any signs of recovery.

Dr He Jinghong, Chief Physician of Neurosurgery at the Beijing Military General Hospital, said: 'This is a miracle that happens maybe once in several decades.

However, with Ying Nan's parents taking a year off work and borrowing more than 1 million Yuan (£101,200) for treatment, Dr He attributed more than just the Korean pop song to Ying Nan's recovery.

'The little girl's family have been amazing,' he said. 'They have never given up hope and insisted on all the surgeries and therapies.

'Many families would have just adopted a wait and see approach.'

Now in rehabilitation Ying Nan can sit up, stand and walk slowly, and has learned to speak again from scratch.

Grateful for her parents support, Ying Nan said: 'Mum, don't be sad, when I grow up I will earn money to look after you and dad.'