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  • How Learning to Walk to Music Can Reduce Falls for Parkinson’s Patients

    Posted by forum-moderator on August 1, 2018 at 7:36 am

    A training program in which patients walk while listening to music with regular beats can improve the velocity and cadence of people living with Parkinson’s disease, while reducing their risk of falling, a study shows. Click here to read more about this news.

    Have you tried the rhythmic auditory stimulation (RAS) technique or other approaches used to synchronize gait movements with music? Would you like to try it?

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    August 1, 2018 at 10:58 am

    As a former dancer, I believe the muscle memory I developed over the years has served me well in my life with PD now.   Although I no longer have the fluidity, balance and rhythm I once had before OD, I am probably more like the average person in these areas now.

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