Individuals With Parkinson's Disease Retain Spatiotemporal Gait Control With Music and Metronome Cues

Journal

Motor Control

Year

2020

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the difference in spatiotemporal gait measures induced by stepping to the beat of a metronome and to music cues of various frequencies in individuals with Parkinson's disease. Twenty-one participants with Parkinson's disease were instructed to time their steps to a metronome and music cues (at 85%, 100%, and 115% of overground cadence). The authors calculated cadence, cadence accuracy, and step length during each cue condition and an uncued control condition. The music and metronome cues produced comparable results in cadence manipulation, with reduced cadence accuracy noted at slower intended frequencies. Nevertheless, the induced cadence elicited a concomitant alteration in step length. The music and metronome cues produced comparable changes to gait, but suggest that temporal control is more limited at slower frequencies, presumably by the challenge of increasing the step length.

Music and Health Institute Terms

Gait; Mobility; Neurodegenerative Disorders; Observational Measures; Parkinson's Disease; Recreative Music Methods; Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation

Indexed Terms

Elderly; rhythm; auditory; Cues; Gait; Parkinson Disease; step length; Spatio-Temporal Analysis; treadmill

Study Type

Quasi-Experimental Study; Quantitative Methods

Document Type

Article

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