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Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS)®

Definition:

Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS)® is a technique of rhythmic motor cuing to facilitate training of movements that is intrinsically and biologically rhythmical. In humans, the most important type of these movements is gait. Therefore, RAS™ is almost exclusively used for gait rehabilitation. It uses rhythmic cues in 2/4 or 4/4 meter, presented either as pure metronome beats or as strongly accentuated beats in complete musical patterns, to cue gait parameters such as step cadence, stride length, velocity, symmetry of stride length and stride duration, and double and single support time of leg stance.

Research Publications:

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Teasell, R. (First Author), Salbach, N.M. (Co-First Author), Acerra, N., Bastasi, D., Carter, S.L., Fung, J., Halabi, ML., Harris, J., Kim, E., Noland, A., Pooyania, S., Rochette, A., Stack, B.D., Symcox, E., Timpson, D., Varghese, S., and Verrilli, S. (2019).
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