ReviewFrontiers in neurology2015
Effects of Auditory Rhythm and Music on Gait Disturbances in Parkinson's Disease.
Review in Frontiers in neurology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 63 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
A Randomized Trial on the Novel Use of Treadmill Plus Music in Multiple Sclerosis Patients With Gate Impairnent
Sonification Techniques for Gait Training: a Pilot Multicentric Randomized Controlled Trial
Responders to Metronome-based Rhythmic Auditory Cueing in Parkinson Disease
Who cites it
63 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 163 citations in OpenAlex.
- Gait asymmetry in Parkinson's disease - a systematic review and meta-analysis (AsymmGait-Parkinson study).Scientific reports · 2026Pooled it
- Influence of wearable rhythmic auditory stimulation on Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Pooled it
- Music-based interventions for nonfluent aphasia: A systematic review of randomized control trials.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of different exercises on improving gait performance in patients with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- The effect of different exercise training modes on improving quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease: a network analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of different exercise types on balance function in healthy older adults and Parkinson's patients: a systematic review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of Music Based Therapy Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) Using Wearable Device in Rehabilitation of Neurological Patients: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- Chronic effects of different exercise types on brain activity in healthy older adults and those with Parkinson's disease: A systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Gait Responses in People with Parkinson Disease During Autonomous Closed-loop Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation: An Exploratory Analysis.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2025Trial
- Walking to your right music: a randomized controlled trial on the novel use of treadmill plus music in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2019Trial
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- Leader and Follower Roles in Adapted Tango Reveal Complementary Neural Routes to Motor Improvement in Parkinson's Disease.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- AI-, VR-, and Exergame-Based Dance and Movement Research on Psychological Outcomes: A Bibliometric and Topic-Modeling Analysis of Thematic Structure and Development.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Potential Effects of Music on Non-Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: Translating Mechanisms to Therapy.Neurology international · 2026Review
- Effects of self-selected music on psychophysiological responses to goal-directed exercise in Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2026Article
- The Impact of Dance-Based Physical Activity on Sensorimotor and Psychological Function in Parkinson's Disease: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Functional reorganization of motor subcircuits in Parkinson's disease.Brain communications · 2026Article
- Discriminative compensatory activation during auditory beat perception in Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Feasibility of IMU-Based Wearable Sonification: Toward Personalized, Real-Time Gait Monitoring and Rehabilitation.Biosensors · 2025Article
- A Pilot Study on the Influence of Self-Paced Auditory Cues and Preferred Music on Gait in Persons with Parkinson's Disease.Brain sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Gait abnormalities, such as shuffling steps, start hesitation, and freezing, are common and often incapacitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) and other parkinsonian disorders. Pharmacological and surgical approaches have only limited efficacy in treating these gait disorders. Rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS), such as playing marching music and dance therapy, has been shown to be a safe, inexpensive, and an effective method in improving gait in PD patients. However, RAS that adapts to patients' movements may be more effective than rigid, fixed-tempo RAS used in most studies. In addition to auditory cueing, immersive virtual reality technologies that utilize interactive computer-generated systems through wearable devices are increasingly used for improving brain-body interaction and sensory-motor integration. Using multisensory cues, these therapies may be particularly suitable for the treatment of parkinsonian freezing and other gait disorders. In this review, we examine the affected neurological circuits underlying gait and temporal processing in PD patients and summarize the current studies demonstrating the effects of RAS on improving these gait deficits.
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