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Focusing on the Rhythmic Interventions in Movement Disorders
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Focusing on the Rhythmic Interventions in Movement Disorders

A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Neurodegenerative Diseases".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2024) | Viewed by 1298

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Yuko Koshimori

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Music and Health Science Research Collaboratory, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, 90 Wellesley Street West, Toronto, ON M5S1C5, Canada
Interests: Parkinson's disease; mild traumatic injury; PET imaging; MRI imaging; neurorehabilitation; music-based intervention; cognition; dopamine; neuroinflammation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Rhythm- and music-based interventions hold promise in managing the clinical symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. However, research has predominantly centered on investigating rhythmic auditory cueing for motor function with a limited number of high-quality studies. Rigorous research studies and randomized clinical trials are needed to uncover the neural mechanisms and translate the knowledge into clinical practice, including studies with larger sample sizes and multicenter trials, as well as comprehensive neuroimaging and neurophysiological investigations. Furthermore, there is a need for studies that target the subtypes of Parkinson’s disease or address diverse clinical symptoms such as cognition and speech, as well as those stratifying participants based on severity levels and including atypical parkinsonism. Additionally, evaluating novel technologies for home-based interventions and data collection can enhance accessibility and reduce costs. This Special Issue aims to highlight recent advancements in applying rhythm and music to movement disorder interventions, offering insights into evolving interventional options for this challenging condition.

Dr. Yuko Koshimori
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Parkinson’s disease
  • parkinsonism
  • movement disorders
  • auditory rhythm
  • music
  • music-based interventions
  • rhythmic auditory stimulation
  • neurologic music therapy
  • neurorehabilitation
  • entrainment
  • sensorimotor synchronization
  • oscillatory coupling

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Application of an Auditory-Based Feedback Distortion to Modify Gait Symmetry in Healthy Individuals
by Le Yu Liu, Samir Sangani, Kara K. Patterson, Joyce Fung and Anouk Lamontagne
Brain Sci. 2024, 14(8), 798; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14080798 - 9 Aug 2024
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Background: Augmenting auditory feedback through an error-augmentation paradigm could facilitate the perception and correction of gait asymmetry in stroke survivors, but how such a paradigm should be tailored to individual asymmetry profiles remains unclear. Before implementing the paradigm in rehabilitation, we need to [...] Read more.
Background: Augmenting auditory feedback through an error-augmentation paradigm could facilitate the perception and correction of gait asymmetry in stroke survivors, but how such a paradigm should be tailored to individual asymmetry profiles remains unclear. Before implementing the paradigm in rehabilitation, we need to investigate the instantaneous effects of distorted footstep sound feedback on gait symmetry in healthy young adults. Methods: Participants (n = 12) walked on a self-paced treadmill while listening to their footstep sounds, which were distorted unilaterally according to five conditions presented randomly: small delay; small advance; large delay; large advance; or unmodified (control). The primary outcomes were swing time ratio (SWR) and step length ratio (SLR). Secondary outcomes included walking speed, bilateral swing time, step length, and maximum toe height, as well as hip, knee, and ankle angle excursions. Results: SWR (p < 0.001) but not SLR (p ≥ 0.05) was increased in all distorted feedback conditions compared to the control condition. Increased swing time on the perturbed side ipsilateral to feedback distortion was observed in the advanced conditions (p < 0.001), while swing time increased bilaterally in the delayed conditions (p < 0.001) but to a larger extent on the unperturbed side contralateral to feedback distortion. Increases in swing time were accompanied by larger maximum toe height as well as larger hip and knee joint excursions (p < 0.05 to p < 0.001). No differences in any outcomes were observed between small and large feedback distortion magnitudes. Conclusions: Distorted footstep sound feedback successfully elicits adaptation in temporal gait symmetry (SWR), with distinct modulation patterns for advanced vs. delayed footstep sounds. Spatial symmetry (SLR) remains unaltered, likely because auditory feedback primarily conveys temporal information. This research lays the groundwork to implement personalized augmented auditory feedback in neurorehabilitation. Full article
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