ArticleScientific reports2021
The effects of different frequencies of rhythmic acoustic stimulation on gait stability in healthy elderly individuals: a pilot study.
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- Inducing asymmetric gait in healthy walkers: a review.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2025Review
- Kinematic network of joint motion provides insight on gait coordination: An observational study on Parkinson's disease.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Binaural acoustic stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- The kinectome: A comprehensive kinematic map of human motion in health and disease.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2022Article
- Exploration of combined physical activity and music for patients with Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- Sensitivity to gait improvement after levodopa intake in Parkinson's disease: A comparison study among synthetic kinematic indices.PloS one · 2022Article
- Rhythm and Music-Based Interventions in Motor Rehabilitation: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Review
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Abstract
The efficacy of rhythmic acoustic stimulation (RAS) to improve gait and balance in healthy elderly individuals is controversial. Our aim was to investigate, through 3D gait analysis, the effect of different types of RAS (fixed frequency and based on subject-specific cadence), using conventional gait parameters and the trunk displacement as readouts. Walking at a fixed frequency of 80 bpm, the subjects showed extended duration of gait cycle and increased gait variability while the same individuals, walking at a fixed frequency of 120 bpm, showed reduced trunk sway and gait cycle duration. With regard to the RAS at subject-specific frequencies, walking at 90% of the subject-specific average cadence did not significantly modify the gait parameters, except for the speed, which was reduced. In contrast, walking at 100% and 110% of the mean cadence caused increased stride length and a slight reduction of temporal parameters and trunk sway. In conclusion, this pilot study shows that using RAS at fixed frequencies might be an inappropriate strategy, as it is not adjusted to individual gait characteristics. On the other hand, RAS frequencies equal to or slightly higher than each subject's natural cadence seem to be beneficial for gait and stability.
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