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A Pilot Study on the Influence of Self-Paced Auditory Cues and Preferred Music on Gait in Persons with Parkinson’s Disease
by Maddie Brant, Callan Barrick, Lindsay Muno and Elizabeth Stegemoller
Brain Sci. 2025, 15(5), 528; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci15050528 - 20 May 2025
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Background: Gait disturbance in Parkinson’s Disease (PD) significantly impacts quality of life and is not completely mitigated by dopaminergic treatment. Auditory cueing has been shown to help improve certain aspects of gait, but its effects when matched to individuals’ preferred walking rate [...] Read more.
Background: Gait disturbance in Parkinson’s Disease (PD) significantly impacts quality of life and is not completely mitigated by dopaminergic treatment. Auditory cueing has been shown to help improve certain aspects of gait, but its effects when matched to individuals’ preferred walking rate remain unexplored. Methods: Nine individuals with PD walked at their preferred rate across a GAITRite® mat under three separate conditions: self-paced, metronome-cued, and music-cued. Spatiotemporal gait measures were collected and analyzed using repeated measures ANOVAs and post-hoc paired-samples t-tests. Results: A main effect of condition was revealed for step width (F = 3.533, p = 0.054, ηp2 = 0.306), with reduced step width revealed during the music-cued condition. Post-hoc analysis revealed no significance (p > 0.063). Conclusions: The trend in step width data suggests a potential benefit of music cueing for enhancing gait stability in persons with PD. Results of this pilot study provide valuable framework for future research and the development of therapeutic interventions to enhance gait stability, reduce fall risk, and improve overall quality of life. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Focusing on the Rhythmic Interventions in Movement Disorders)
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Increasing Step Rate Affects Rearfoot Kinematics and Ground Reaction Forces during Running
by Kathryn A. Farina and Michael E. Hahn
Biology 2022, 11(1), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11010008 - 21 Dec 2021
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Relatively high frontal and transverse plane motion in the lower limbs during running have been thought to play a role in the development of some running-related injuries (RRIs). Increasing step rate has been shown to significantly alter lower limb kinematics and kinetics during [...] Read more.
Relatively high frontal and transverse plane motion in the lower limbs during running have been thought to play a role in the development of some running-related injuries (RRIs). Increasing step rate has been shown to significantly alter lower limb kinematics and kinetics during running. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of increasing step rate on rearfoot kinematics, and to confirm how ground reaction forces (GRFs) are adjusted with increased step rate. Twenty runners ran on a force instrumented treadmill while marker position data were collected under three conditions. Participants ran at their preferred pace and step rate, then +5% and +10% of their preferred step rate while being cued by a metronome for three minutes each. Sagittal and frontal plane angles for the rearfoot segment, tibial rotation, and GRFs were calculated during the stance phase of running. Significant decreases were observed in sagittal and frontal plane rearfoot angles, tibial rotation, vertical GRF, and anteroposterior GRF with increased step rate compared with the preferred step rate. Increasing step rate significantly decreased peak sagittal and frontal plane rearfoot and tibial rotation angles. These findings may have implications for some RRIs and gait retraining. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechanisms of Human Motion Generation)
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