Intensive Gait Training With Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation in Individuals With Chronic Hemiparetic Stroke: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study

Journal

NeuroRehabilitation

Year

2014

Abstract

Background: Motor relearning protocols should involve task-oriented movement, focused attention, and repetition of desired movements. Objectives: To investigate the effect of intensive gait training with rhythmic auditory stimulation on postural control and gait performance in individuals with chronic hemiparetic stroke. Methods: Twenty patients with chronic hemiparetic stroke participated in this study. Subjects in the Rhythmic auditory stimulation training group (10 subjects) underwent intensive gait training with rhythmic auditory stimulation for a period of 6 weeks (30 min/day, five days/week), while those in the control group (10 subjects) underwent intensive gait training for the same duration. Two clinical measures, Berg balance scale and stroke specific quality of life scale, and a 2-demensional gait analysis system, were used as outcome measure. To provide rhythmic auditory stimulation during gait training, the MIDI Cuebase musical instrument digital interface program and a KM Player version 3.3 was utilized for this study. Results: Intensive gait training with rhythmic auditory stimulation resulted in significant improvement in scores on the Berg balance scale, gait velocity, cadence, stride length and double support period in affected side, and stroke specific quality of life scale compared with the control group after training. Conclusions: Findings of this study suggest that intensive gait training with rhythmic auditory stimulation improves balance and gait performance as well as quality of life, in individuals with chronic hemiparetic stroke. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)

Music and Health Institute Terms

Gait; Mobility; Music Medicine; Observational Measures; Quality of Life; Recreative Music Methods; Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation; Stroke

Indexed Terms

Acoustic Stimulation; Elderly; Auditory Stimulation; Biomechanical Phenomena; Cerebrovascular Accidents; Chronic Disease; Exercise Therapy; Gait; Gait Disorders, Neurologic; Hemiparesis; Paresis; Pilot Projects; Postural Balance; Quality of Life; rhythmic auditory stimulation; stroke; Training

Study Type

Randomized Controlled; Trial; Quantitative Methods

Document Type

Article

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