Effects of external rhythmical cueing on gait in patients with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review

Lim, Inge, van Wegen, Erwin, de Goede, Cees, Deutekom, M., Nieuwboer, Alice, Willems, Anne-Marie, Jones, Diana, Rochester, Lynn and Kwakkel, Gert (2005) Effects of external rhythmical cueing on gait in patients with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review. Clinical Rehabilitation, 19 (7). pp. 695-713. ISSN 0269-2155

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Abstract

Objective: To critically review studies evaluating the effects of external rhythmical cueing on gait in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Methods: Articles published from 1966 to January 2005 were searched by two physiotherapists in MEDLINE, PiCarta, PEDRo, Cochrane, DocOnline, CINAHL and SUMSEARCH. To be included, articles had to investigate the effects of external rhythmical cueing (i.e., auditory, visual or tactile cueing) on gait parameters in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Both controlled and noncontrolled studies were included. Based on the type of design and methodological quality a meta-analysis or best-evidence synthesis was applied.

Results: Twenty-four studies (total number of patients = 626) out of the 159 screened studies were evaluated in this systematic review. Two out of 24 were randomized controlled trails (RCT), both of high methodological quality. One RCT did not focus specifically on external rhythmical cueing of individual patients with Parkinson's disease, but on group exercises in general, including walking with cues. All other studies were pre-experimental studies. Best-evidence synthesis showed strong evidence for improving walking speed with the help of auditory cues. Insufficient evidence was found for the effectiveness of visual and somatosensory cueing.

Conclusion: Only one high-quality study, specifically focused on the effects of auditory rhythmical cueing, suggesting that the walking speed of patients with Parkinson's disease can be positively influenced. However, it is unclear whether positive effects identified in the laboratory can be generalized to improved activities of daily living (ADLs) and reduced frequency of falls in the community. In addition, the sustainability of a cueing training programme remains uncertain.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: A900 Others in Medicine and Dentistry
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing
Depositing User: Ay Okpokam
Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2012 15:13
Last Modified: 10 Oct 2019 22:18
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/5891

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