Interactive rhythmic auditory stimulation reinstates natural 1/f timing in gait of Parkinson's patients.

Parkinson's disease (PD) and basal ganglia dysfunction impair movement timing, which leads to gait instability and falls. Parkinsonian gait consists of random, disconnected stride times--rather than the 1/f structure observed in healthy gait--and this randomness of stride times (low fractal sca...

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Main Authors: Michael J Hove, Kazuki Suzuki, Hirotaka Uchitomi, Satoshi Orimo, Yoshihiro Miyake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3292577?pdf=render