Rhythmic auditory cueing to improve walking in patients with neurological conditions other than Parkinson's disease-what is the evidence

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-176

  Wittwer, Joanne E ^a   Webster, Kate E ^a   Hill, Keith ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic simulation; Gait; Neurologic gait disorder; Rhythmic auditory cueing

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; WALKING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; CUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIODICITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WALKING;

EID: 84871484564     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.690495     Document Type: Review

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