Research Progress of Music Therapy on Gait Intervention in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Zhuolin Wu, Lingyu Kong and Qiuxia Zhang
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Zhuolin Wu: Physical Education and Sports School, Soochow University, Suzhou 215021, China
Lingyu Kong: Physical Education and Sports School, Soochow University, Suzhou 215021, China
Qiuxia Zhang: Physical Education and Sports School, Soochow University, Suzhou 215021, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 15, 1-9

Abstract: Music therapy is an effective way to treat the gait disorders caused by Parkinson’s disease. Rhythm music stimulation, therapeutic singing, and therapeutic instrument performance are often used in clinical practice. The mechanisms of music therapy on the gait of patients with Parkinson’s disease include the compensation mechanism of cerebellum recruitment, rhythm entrainment, acceleration of motor learning, stimulation of neural coherence, and increase of cortical activity. All mechanisms work together to complete the intervention of music therapy on patients’ gait and help patients to recover better. In this paper, the effect of music therapy on gait disorders in Parkinson’s disease patients was reviewed, and some suggestions were put forward.

Keywords: Parkinson’s disease; music therapy; intervention therapy; gait; walking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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