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The Effect of Rhythmic Musical Training on Healthy Older Adults’ Gait and Cognitive Function

Author(s) -

Linda M. Maclean,

Laura Brown,

Arlene Astell

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnt050

Subject(s) - rhythm , gait , cognition , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychology , task (project management) , cognitive training , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , gait training , audiology , rehabilitation , medicine , physical therapy , neuroscience , management , economics

Older adults' gait is disturbed when a demanding secondary cognitive task is added. Gait training has been shown to improve older adults' walking performance, but it is not clear how training affects their cognitive performance. This study examined the impact on gait, in terms of cost or benefit to cognitive performance, of training healthy older adults to walk to a rhythmic musical beat.

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