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KMID : 1225120100020010037
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Vascular Neurology
2010 Volume.2 No. 1 p.37 ~ p.41
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Therapeutic Effects of Gait Training with Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation in Traumatic Brain Injury
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Kim Soo-Ji
Kwak Eun-Mi
Oh Soo-Jin
Cho Sung-Rae
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Abstract
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Objective: This study is to evaluate therapeutic effects of gait training with rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) on kinematic gait patterns as well as temporospatial data in traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Methods: The participant walked 10 m at comfortable walking speed. Temporospatial data and kinematic parameters of gait were analyzed before and after gait training with RAS. During 4 weeks, 3 times a week, RAS was provided using a combination of a metronome beat set to the individual’s cadence and rhythmic cueing from a live keyboard, played by music therapists.
Results: Gait analysis revealed that gait training with RAS improved cadence, walking speed, step length, and stride length. In addition, excessive pelvic anterior tilt and pelvic obliquity during a gait cycle was ameliorated after gait training with RAS.
Conclusions: Gait training with RAS resulted in an improvement in the temporospatial data as well as kinematic pattern of pelvic movement in TBI.
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KEYWORD
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Rhythmic auditory stimulation, Gait training, Traumatic brain injury, Kinematics
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