Beat perception ability and instructions to synchronize influence gait when walking to music-based auditory cues

EA Ready, LM McGarry, C Rinchon, JD Holmes… - Gait & posture, 2019 - Elsevier
Synchronizing gait to music-based auditory cues (rhythmic auditory stimulation) is a strategy
used to manage gait impairments in a variety of neurological conditions, including …

[HTML][HTML] Individual differences in beat perception affect gait responses to low-and high-groove music

LA Leow, T Parrott, JA Grahn - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Slowed gait in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) can be improved when patients
synchronize footsteps to isochronous metronome cues, but limited retention of such …

Musical enjoyment does not enhance walking speed in healthy adults during music-based auditory cueing

BS Roberts, EA Ready, JA Grahn - Gait & Posture, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) involves synchronizing footsteps
to music or a metronome to improve gait speed and stability in patients with neurological …

Familiarity with music increases walking speed in rhythmic auditory cuing

LA Leow, C Rinchon, J Grahn - … of the New York Academy of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) is a gait rehabilitation method in which patients
synchronize footsteps to a metronome or musical beats. Although RAS with music can …

[HTML][HTML] Rhythmic abilities and musical training in Parkinson's disease: do they help?

V Cochen De Cock, DG Dotov, P Ihalainen… - NPJ Parkinson's …, 2018 - nature.com
Rhythmic auditory cues can immediately improve gait in Parkinson's disease. However, this
effect varies considerably across patients. The factors associated with this individual …

Familiarity with music influences stride amplitude and variability during rhythmically-cued walking in individuals with Parkinson's disease

KS Park, CJ Hass, CM Janelle - Gait & Posture, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Entrainment of walking with rhythmic auditory cues (eg, metronome or music)
induces gait improvements in people with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, evidence …

How groove in music affects gait

LA Leow, S Watson, D Prete, K Waclawik… - Experimental brain …, 2021 - Springer
Rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) is a gait intervention in which gait-disordered patients
synchronise footsteps to music or metronome cues. Musical 'groove', the tendency of music …

Music and metronome cues produce different effects on gait spatiotemporal measures but not gait variability in healthy older adults

JE Wittwer, KE Webster, K Hill - Gait & posture, 2013 - Elsevier
Rhythmic auditory cues including music and metronome beats have been used, sometimes
interchangeably, to improve disordered gait arising from a range of clinical conditions. There …

The feasibility of singing to improve gait in Parkinson disease

EC Harrison, ME McNeely, GM Earhart - Gait & posture, 2017 - Elsevier
Brain regions important for controlling movement are also responsible for rhythmic
processing. In Parkinson disease (PD), defective internal timing within the brain has been …

[HTML][HTML] Musically cued gait-training improves both perceptual and motor timing in Parkinson's disease

CE Benoit, S Dalla Bella, N Farrugia, H Obrig… - Frontiers in human …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
It is well established that auditory cueing improves gait in patients with idiopathic
Parkinson's disease (IPD). Disease-related reductions in speed and step length can be …