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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Effect of Short-Term Metro-Rhythmic Stimulations on Gait Variability.

Katarzyna Nowakowska-Lipiec, Robert Michnik, Sandra Niedzwiedź, Anna Mańka, Patrycja Twardawa, Bruce Turner, Patrycja Romaniszyn-Kania, Aneta Danecka, Andrzej W Mitas

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 53% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katarzyna Nowakowska-LipiecDepartment of Biomechatronics, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3686-6338
Robert MichnikDepartment of Biomechatronics, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5286-6055
Sandra NiedzwiedźStudents Scientific Circle "Biokreatywni", Department of Biomechatronics, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
Anna MańkaDepartment of Informatics and Medical Devices, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2083-6919
Patrycja TwardawaDepartment of Informatics and Medical Devices, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
Bruce TurnerdBs Music, HE Facility, 17 St Thomas Street, Bristol BS1 6JS, UK.
Patrycja Romaniszyn-KaniaDepartment of Informatics and Medical Devices, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1689-4347
Aneta DaneckaDepartment of Biomechatronics, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0771-8694
Andrzej W MitasDepartment of Informatics and Medical Devices, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland.
Silesian University of Technology · PL

Funding

Publication supported by Own Scholarship Fund of the Silesian University of Technology (Poland) in year 2019/2020 grant number: 08/FSW18/0003-03/2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to define the effect of different short-term metro-rhythmic stimulations on the time and spatial parameters of gait. The secondary goal was to test whether prior instructions on how to respond to stimulations played a significant role in the stimulation by sound stimuli. Experimental tests of gait were conducted on a group of 36 healthy participants: group 1-subjects who were not informed how to react after hearing sound stimuli, group 2-subjects who received a clear instruction before the test to adjust the frequency of taking steps to the rhythm of the music. The gait research was carried out on a Zebris FDM-S (zebris Medical Gmbh, Isny, Germany) treadmill for various sound stimuli (arrhythmic stimulus, rhythmic stimuli at different rate). It was shown that a short-term influence of metro-rhythmic stimulations changes the time and spatial parameters of gait, i.e., gait frequency, length and duration of the gait cycle. The greatest impact on the modification of the time-space parameters of walking is exerted by rhythmic stimuli at a pace different from the frequency of gait at a preferred velocity. Providing information on how to respond to sounds heard may be important in gait therapy with RAS (rhythmic auditory stimulation).

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biomechanicsgaitgait frequencyrhythmic auditory stimulationtreadmill

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PMID33561987
PMCPMC7915596
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