Effectiveness of Visual Cues and Auditory Cues on Gait Parameters in Individuals with Parkinson’s disease: An Experimental Study

Prachi Hitendragiri Goswami; Khyati Shah

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i01.36725

Effectiveness of Visual Cues and Auditory Cues on Gait Parameters in Individuals with Parkinson’s disease: An Experimental Study

Author(s)	Prachi Hitendragiri Goswami, Khyati Shah
Country	India
Abstract	BACKGROUND: Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a progressive disorder of the Central Nervous System. Gait impairments are a common and early feature of PD, and are major cause of functional dependence, falls and death. Approximately 50% of Parkinson's patients have freezing of gait (FOG). Alternative gait rehabilitation technique, such external sensory cueing, which incorporates visual, auditory, and tactile stimulations, have received a lot of attention lately. AIM OF STUDY: To study the effectiveness of visual cues & auditory cues on gait parameters in individuals with Parkinson’s disease. METHODOLOGY: 30 subjects were selected for study. Subjects were randomly allocated into two groups. Group 1: Auditory cue Group 2: Visual cue, for 1 time/day, 5 days/week, 4 weeks and 20-30 minutes gait training. Both groups receive Conventional Physiotherapy for 20-30 minutes of session. Dynamic Foot Print, Velocity, Cadence and Tinetti Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment Test (POMA-G) were taken as an outcome measures and checked before intervention and after the end of 4 weeks. RESULT: Result shows there is statistically significant difference in within group analysis in step length, stride length, velocity & POMA-G but no difference was found in cadence in both groups (p-value < 0.05). Between group analysis shows statistically significant improvement in POMA-G (p-value < 0.05), but not in step length, stride length, cadence and velocity (p-value ˃ 0.05). CONCLUSION: As results shows improvement in auditory cue and visual cue groups but there is no significant difference in between group analysis on gait parameters which are step length, stride length, cadence, velocity and POMA-G. It suggests that both interventions are beneficial and can be used in clinical practice easily for the patients who have difficulty in walking with minimum cost of therapists and patients as well.
Keywords	Parkinson's Disease, Gait Disorders, Gait Impairments, Gait Training, Gait Rehabilitation, Auditory cue, Visual cue.
Field	Medical / Pharmacy
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 1, January-February 2025
Published On	2025-02-08
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i01.36725
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g84d9f

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