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The effects of rhythmic sensory cues on the temporal dynamics of human gait

Sejdić, E and Fu, Y and Pak, A and Fairley, JA and Chau, T (2012) The effects of rhythmic sensory cues on the temporal dynamics of human gait. PLoS ONE, 7 (8).

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Abstract

Walking is a complex, rhythmic task performed by the locomotor system. However, natural gait rhythms can be influenced by metronomic auditory stimuli, a phenomenon of particular interest in neurological rehabilitation. In this paper, we examined the effects of aural, visual and tactile rhythmic cues on the temporal dynamics associated with human gait. Data were collected from fifteen healthy adults in two sessions. Each session consisted of five 15-minute trials. In the first trial of each session, participants walked at their preferred walking speed. In subsequent trials, participants were asked to walk to a metronomic beat, provided through visually, aurally, tactile or all three cues (simultaneously and in sync), the pace of which was set to the preferred walking speed of the first trial. Using the collected data, we extracted several parameters including: gait speed, mean stride interval, stride interval variability, scaling exponent and maximum Lyapunov exponent. The extracted parameters showed that rhythmic sensory cues affect the temporal dynamics of human gait. The auditory rhythmic cue had the greatest influence on the gait parameters, while the visual cue had no statistically significant effect on the scaling exponent. These results demonstrate that visual rhythmic cues could be considered as an alternative cueing modality in rehabilitation without concern of adversely altering the statistical persistence of walking. © 2012 Sejdić et al.


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Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Sejdić, E
Fu, Y
Pak, A
Fairley, JA
Chau, T
Contributors:
ContributionContributors NameEmailPitt UsernameORCID
EditorErnst, Marc O.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Date: 21 August 2012
Date Type: Publication
Journal or Publication Title: PLoS ONE
Volume: 7
Number: 8
DOI or Unique Handle: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043104
Schools and Programs: Swanson School of Engineering > Computer Engineering
Swanson School of Engineering > Electrical Engineering
Refereed: Yes
Other ID: NLM PMC3424126
PubMed Central ID: PMC3424126
PubMed ID: 22927946
Date Deposited: 18 Oct 2012 21:03
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2020 15:56
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15890

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