Rhythmic auditory stimulation modulates gait variability in Parkinson's disease

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2369-2375

  Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,b,c   Lowenthal, Justine ^a,b   Herman, Talia ^a   Gruendlinger, Leor ^a   Peretz, Chava ^a,b   Giladi, Nir ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait variability; Parkinson's disease; Plasticity; Rhythmic auditory stimulation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIODICITY;

EID: 35448962055     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05810.x     Document Type: Article

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