RITMO SAMBA COMO ESTIMULAÇÃO AUDITIVA RÍTMICA E DESEMPENHO DA MARCHA NA DOENÇA DE PARKINSON.

Rhythmic hearing stimuli have been employed to attenuate motor dysfunctions in Parkinson's disease. However, changes that may be caused in space-time parameters and functional performance of gait brought about by Brazilian popular music are not always evident. Current analysis deals with the musical genre samba during gait of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease in a twotask situation. Current transversal, descriptive and exploratory study comprised five agents who fulfilled criteria and undertook the Timed Up and Go Test in situations without music and with Brazilian popular music (samba) through cognitive and motor tasks for gait analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis with Friedman's test and with paired Wilcoxon post-hoc test (at 5% significance) evidenced that samba associated with a motor task reduced the speed (p=0.01) and gait length (p=0.04) when compared to test conditions without any music. Listening to music demanded more attention and resulted in the use of strategies to decrease demands of posture balance, such as reduction in gait length and speed. Decrease in falling risks in a twotask situation while listening to music may occur. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]