Step to the beat: Auditory-motor coupling during walking to higher and lower tempi with music and metronomes in progressive multiple sclerosis: An observational study

Abstract

Many persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) are confronted with fatigue and difficulties with walking and even more so in persons with progressive subtypes of MS. Task-oriented training, and more specifically in the form of auditory-motor coupling, where persons are asked to synchronise their steps to beats in music and metronomes, is promising. However, it is currently not known whether persons with progressive MS (PwPMS) can synchronise their steps to beats in music and metronomes and if they can adapt their gait to slower and higher tempi.