<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Background: It has been pointed that cueing techniques may have influence upon gait training in Parkinson’s disease (PD).Objective: Study the effects of music cue on treadmill training in PD patients.Subject and methods: A randomized single-blind controlled trial was conducted. Thirty male PD patients, aged 60 to 80 years with Hoehn and Yahr stage 2-3 were allocated into three groups (each 10 patients). Group A: treadmill with music three days and home walking three days/week, Group B: treadmill three days and home walking three days/week, and Group C: home walking six days/week. Each group received four weeks training followed by self-practice for other four weeks. Gait performances at pre-program, fourth, and eighth week were compared.Results: The results showed that A, B, and C, stride length gained 12%, 5.2%, and 6.7% (p=0.042), walking-speed gained 8.6%, 6.5%, and -2.4%, six-minute walk distance gained 10.2%, 5.4%, and 2.9%, and Timed Up and Go (TUG) gained 14.2%, 12.5%, and 7.6%.Conclusion: Music cue enhanced gait training in mild to moderate PD patients.</abstract>

Background: It has been pointed that cueing techniques may have influence upon gait training in Parkinson’s disease (PD).Objective: Study the effects of music cue on treadmill training in PD patients.Subject and methods: A randomized single-blind controlled trial was conducted. Thirty male PD patients, aged 60 to 80 years with Hoehn and Yahr stage 2-3 were allocated into three groups (each 10 patients). Group A: treadmill with music three days and home walking three days/week, Group B: treadmill three days and home walking three days/week, and Group C: home walking six days/week. Each group received four weeks training followed by self-practice for other four weeks. Gait performances at pre-program, fourth, and eighth week were compared.Results: The results showed that A, B, and C, stride length gained 12%, 5.2%, and 6.7% (p=0.042), walking-speed gained 8.6%, 6.5%, and -2.4%, six-minute walk distance gained 10.2%, 5.4%, and 2.9%, and Timed Up and Go (TUG) gained 14.2%, 12.5%, and 7.6%.Conclusion: Music cue enhanced gait training in mild to moderate PD patients.

Treadmill training with music cueing: a new approach for Parkinson’s gait facilitation

MD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330,

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330,

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330,

Asian Biomedicine

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Background: It has been pointed that cueing techniques may have influence upon gait training in Parkinson’s disease (PD).Objective: Study the effects of music...

Treadmill training with music cueing: a new approach for Parkinson’s gait facilitation

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Feb 04, 2017

Page range: 649 - 654

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0505.086

Keywords
Cueing technique, music cue, Parkinson’s disease, treadmill training

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Treadmill training with music cueing: a new approach for Parkinson’s gait facilitation

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Feb 04, 2017

Page range: 649 - 654

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.0505.086

KeywordsCueing technique, music cue, Parkinson’s disease, treadmill training

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Cueing technique, music cue, Parkinson’s disease, treadmill training