A Pilot Study on the Influence of Self-Paced Auditory Cues and Preferred Music on Gait in Persons with Parkinson's Disease.

IF 2.7 3区医学 Q3 NEUROSCIENCES

Brain Sciences Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI:10.3390/brainsci15050528

Maddie Brant, Callan Barrick, Lindsay Muno, Elizabeth Stegemoller

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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 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, η_p² = 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.

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自定节奏听觉线索和偏好音乐对帕金森病患者步态影响的初步研究。

背景：帕金森病（PD）的步态障碍显著影响生活质量，并不能通过多巴胺能治疗完全缓解。听觉提示已被证明有助于改善步态的某些方面，但当它与个人偏好的步行速度相匹配时，其效果仍未被探索。方法：9名PD患者在三种不同的条件下以自己喜欢的速度在GAITRite®垫上行走：自定节奏、节拍器提示和音乐提示。收集时空步态测量数据并使用重复测量方差分析和事后配对样本t检验进行分析。结果：条件对步宽有主要影响（F = 3.533, p = 0.054, ηp2 = 0.306），音乐提示条件下步宽减小。事后分析显示无统计学意义（p < 0.063）。结论：步宽数据的趋势表明音乐提示对增强PD患者的步态稳定性具有潜在的益处。这项初步研究的结果为未来的研究和治疗干预的发展提供了有价值的框架，以增强步态稳定性，降低跌倒风险，提高整体生活质量。

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Brain Sciences Neuroscience-General Neuroscience

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4.80

自引率

9.10%

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1472

审稿时长

18.71 days

期刊介绍： Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles, critical reviews, research notes and short communications in the areas of cognitive neuroscience, developmental neuroscience, molecular and cellular neuroscience, neural engineering, neuroimaging, neurolinguistics, neuropathy, systems neuroscience, and theoretical and computational neuroscience. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Electronic files or software regarding the full details of the calculation and experimental procedure, if unable to be published in a normal way, can be deposited as supplementary material.