Walking to your right music: a randomized controlled trial on the novel use of treadmill plus music in Parkinson's disease

Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) can compensate for the loss of automatic and rhythmic movements in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the effects of RAS are still poorly understood. We aimed at identifying which mechanism...

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Published in:Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation 2019-06, Vol.16 (1), p.68-68, Article 68
Main Authors: Calabrò, Rocco Salvatore, Naro, Antonino, Filoni, Serena, Pullia, Massimo, Billeri, Luana, Tomasello, Provvidenza, Portaro, Simona, Di Lorenzo, Giuseppe, Tomaino, Concetta, Bramanti, Placido
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustic Stimulation - methods
Aged
Biomechanical Phenomena
Brain
Brain - physiopathology
Care and treatment
Cerebellum
Cues
EEG
Electroencephalography
Exercise equipment
Exercise Therapy - methods
Female
Fitness equipment
Gait
Gait - physiology
Gait rehabilitation
GaitTrainer3
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motor task performance
Movement disorders
Music
Music therapy
Neural networks
Neurobiology
Neurodegenerative diseases
Neurophysiology
Parkinson disease
Parkinson Disease - physiopathology
Parkinson Disease - rehabilitation
Parkinson's disease
Physical therapy
Physical Therapy Modalities
Rehabilitation
Rhythm
Rhythmic auditory stimulation
Rhythms
Sensorimotor system
Stroke
Training
Treadmills
Walking
Walking - physiology
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Summary:Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) can compensate for the loss of automatic and rhythmic movements in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the effects of RAS are still poorly understood. We aimed at identifying which mechanisms sustain gait improvement in a cohort of patients with PD who practiced RAS gait training. We enrolled 50 patients with PD who were randomly assigned to two different modalities of treadmill gait training using GaitTrainer3 with and without RAS (non_RAS) during an 8-week training program. We measured clinical, kinematic, and electrophysiological effects of both the gait trainings. We found a greater improvement in Functional Gait Assessment (p 
ISSN:1743-0003
1743-0003
DOI:10.1186/s12984-019-0533-9