Parkinson’s disease gait rehabilitation at scale: Insights on personalised smartphone-based music cueing

Conor Wall; Amber Sacre; Peter McMeekin; Richard Walker; Victoria Hetherington; Yunus Celik; Rodrigo Vitorio; Rosie Morris; Alan Godfrey

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0340106

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Parkinson’s disease gait rehabilitation at scale: Insights on personalised smartphone-based music cueing

Conor Wall,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Computer Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Amber Sacre,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Newcastle Patient Safety Research Collaboration, School of Pharmacy, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1459-1782

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Peter McMeekin,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Healthcare and Nursing Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Richard Walker,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, North Shields, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Victoria Hetherington,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Wolfson Research Centre, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Yunus Celik,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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Rodrigo Vitorio,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
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Rosie Morris,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
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Alan Godfrey

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: alan.godfrey@northumbria.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Computer Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4049-9291

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Parkinson’s disease gait rehabilitation at scale: Insights on personalised smartphone-based music cueing

Conor Wall,
Amber Sacre,
Peter McMeekin,
Richard Walker,
Victoria Hetherington,
Yunus Celik,
Rodrigo Vitorio,
Rosie Morris,
Alan Godfrey

Published: January 5, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0340106

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