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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2018

The Use of Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation to Optimize Treadmill Training for Stroke Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Stefan Mainka, Jörg Wissel, Heinz Völler, Stefan Evers

2 registry-linked trialsOpen access · goldAbstract read
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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 28 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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.

NCT06995092 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation as Pre-Gait Training for Improving Balance and Weight Shifting in Rehabilitation Patients: A Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of MalayaRan2025 to 2025Enrolled27ConditionsStroke, Acute, Gait, Spastic, Attention ImpairedArmsMusic therapy, Standard physiotherapy program
NCT07428824 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Functional Action Observation Therapy With Rhythmic Auditory Cueing on Balance and Gait in Patients With Stroke

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled40ConditionsStrokeArmsFunctional Action Observation Therapy, Functional Action Observation Therapy with rhythmic auditory stimulation group
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Stefan MainkaNeurological Specialist Hospital for Movement Disorders/Parkinson, Beelitz-Heilstätten, Germany.
Jörg WisselDepartment of Neurology, Vivantes Hospital Spandau, Berlin, Germany.
Heinz VöllerCenter of Rehabilitation Research, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Stefan EversDepartment of Neurology, Lindenbrunn Hospital, Coppenbrügge, Germany.
Krankenhaus Lindenbrunn · DENeurologisches Fachkrankenhaus für Bewegungsstörungen/Parkinson · DEUniversity of Potsdam · DEVivantes Klinikum · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of functional music in gait training termed rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) and treadmill training (TT) have both been shown to be effective in stroke patients (SP). The combination of RAS and treadmill training (RAS-TT) has not been clinically evaluated to date. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of RAS-TT on functional gait in SP. The protocol followed the design of an explorative study with a rater-blinded three arm prospective randomized controlled parallel group design. Forty-five independently walking SP with a hemiparesis of the lower limb or an unsafe and asymmetrical walking pattern were recruited. RAS-TT was carried out over 4 weeks with TT and neurodevelopmental treatment based on Bobath approach (NDT) serving as control interventions. For RAS-TT functional music was adjusted individually while walking on the treadmill. Pre and post-assessments consisted of the fast gait speed test (FGS), a gait analysis with the locometre (LOC), 3 min walking time test (3MWT), and an instrumental evaluation of balance (IEB). Raters were blinded to group assignments. An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was performed with affiliated measures from pre-assessment and time between stroke and start of study as covariates. Thirty-five participants (mean age 63.6 ± 8.6 years, mean time between stroke and start of study 42.1 ± 23.7 days) completed the study (11 RAS-TT, 13 TT, 11 NDT). Significant group differences occurred in the FGS for adjusted post-measures in gait velocity [

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exercise movement techniquesgaitmusicmusic therapystroke rehabilitation

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