title: Gait training with progressive external auditory cueing in persons with Parkinson's disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the progressively increasing external auditory cues during mobility training with persons with Parkinson's disease (PD).
  
  
  METHODS
  Experimental.
  
  
  METHODS
  General community.
  
  
  METHODS
  Convenience sample of persons with PD (N=12) who walked independently.
  
  
  METHODS
  Gait training to external auditory cues was based on a participant's comfortable walking pace. Training external auditory cues rates were increased if patients were able to maintain or increase stride length with increasing external auditory cues rate. Movement synchronization was not monitored during training. Participants trained for 30min/session, 3 sessions/wk, for 8 weeks.
  
  
  METHODS
  Walking velocity, stride length, and cadence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants trained at a mean maximal rate of 157bpm. They showed a significant (P<.01) increase in walking velocity, stride length, and cadence after 8 weeks of training.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Walking velocity, stride length, and cadence can significantly improve when community-dwelling persons with PD participate in progressive mobility training.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. mford@uab.edu
authors.forename: Matthew P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.forename: Laurie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Malone
authors.forename: Ildiko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nyikos
authors.forename: Rama
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yelisetty
authors.forename: C Scott
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Bickel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003463:Cues; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016138:Walking