Amped-PD: Amplifying Physical Activity Through Music in Parkinson Disease

The digital music therapeutic is comprised of foot sensors, a smart phone with pre-installed proprietary software application, and headphones. The device obtains real-time walking data through movement sensors that communicate wirelessly with the smartphone application software. Music cues are tailored to the person's walking pattern, and are transmitted wirelessly to the headphones. Music cues are time-shifted to the user's baseline cadence and adjusted in real-time based on the user's walking performance metrics.

The Active-Control intervention will implement a similarly structured community-based walking program as Amped-PD, with the only exception the digital music therapeutic.