Rhythmic auditory cues improve gait asymmetry during unobstructed walking in people with Parkinson's disease but have no effect on obstacle avoidance - AsymmGait-Parkinson study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study investigated the influence of rhythmic auditory cues (RAC) on gait asymmetry (GA) during unobstructed and obstacle avoidance walking in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and neurologically healthy individuals.

Methods

Thirteen individuals with PD (70.33 ± 6.02 years) and 13 healthy controls (CG) (70.77 ± 7.56 years) participated in this study. They performed a total of five trials during unobstructed walking and 10 trials during obstacle walking under each auditory cue condition (without and with RAC). For obstacle walking, five trials were performed with each limb as leading during obstacle avoidance. First, the volunteers performed the trials without RAC. The trial order, unobstructed or obstacle walking, was randomly defined, and the cues (contr

SUBMITTER: Cursiol JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11905297 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature