ArticleGait & posture2017
The feasibility of singing to improve gait in Parkinson disease.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exercise and physical activity for people with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy: a systematic review.Clinical rehabilitation · 2020Pooled it
- A meta-analysis: Parkinson's disease and dual-task walking.Parkinsonism & related disorders · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of anti-parkinsonian medication on gait during internal and external rhythmic auditory cueing in PD.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Musical Distractions: Music-Based Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation Fails to Improve Gait in Huntington's Disease.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Personalized Auditory Rhythmic Cues to Optimize Gait in Older Adults and People With Parkinson Disease.Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPT · 2025Article
- Neural mechanisms underlying synchronization of movement to musical cues in Parkinson disease and aging.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- Compensation Strategies for Gait Impairments in Parkinson's Disease: From Underlying Mechanisms to Daily Clinical Practice.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2023Article
- Longitudinal effects of choir singing on aging cognition and wellbeing: a two-year follow-up study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- Research Progress of Music Therapy on Gait Intervention in Patients with Parkinson's Disease.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Components of Active Music Interventions in Therapeutic Settings-Present and Future Applications.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Acute effects of singing on cardiovascular biomarkers.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Moving online: Experiences and potential benefits of digital dance for older adults and people with Parkinson's disease.PloS one · 2022Article
- Dance at Home for People With Parkinson's During COVID-19 and Beyond: Participation, Perceptions, and Prospects.Frontiers in neurology · 2021Article
- Evaluating a Speech-Specific and a Computerized Step-Training-Specific Rhythmic Intervention in Parkinson's Disease: A Cross-Over, Multi-Arms Parallel Study.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2021Article
- Changes in Parkinsonian gait kinematics with self-generated and externally-generated cues: a comparison of responders and non-responders.Somatosensory & motor research · 2020Article
- The use of music as an arts-based method in migrant health research: a scoping review protocol.HRB open research · 2020Article
- Mental Singing Reduces Gait Variability More Than Music Listening for Healthy Older Adults and People With Parkinson Disease.Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPT · 2019Article
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- Internal cueing improves gait more than external cueing in healthy adults and people with Parkinson disease.Scientific reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
Brain regions important for controlling movement are also responsible for rhythmic processing. In Parkinson disease (PD), defective internal timing within the brain has been linked to impaired beat discrimination, and may contribute to a loss of ability to maintain a steady gait rhythm. Less rhythmic gait is inherently less efficient, and this may lead to gait impairment including reduced speed, cadence, and stride length, as well as increased variability. While external rhythmic auditory stimulation (e.g. a metronome beat) is well-established as an effective tool to stabilize gait in PD, little is known about whether self-generated cues such as singing have the same beneficial effect on gait in PD. Thus, we compared gait patterns of 23 people with mild to moderate PD under five cued conditions: uncued, music only, singing only, singing with music, and a verbal dual-task condition. In our single-session study, singing while walking did not significantly alter velocity, cadence, or stride length, indicating that it was not excessively demanding for people with PD. In addition, walking was less variable when singing than during other cued conditions. This was further supported by the comparison between singing trials and a verbal dual-task condition. In contrast to singing, the verbal dual-task negatively affected gait performance. These findings suggest that singing holds promise as an effective cueing technique that may be as good as or better than traditional cueing techniques for improving gait among people with PD.
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