Research Article

Music and Metronomes Differentially Impact Motor Timing in People with and without Parkinson’s Disease: Effects of Slow, Medium, and Fast Tempi on Entrainment and Synchronization Performances in Finger Tapping, Toe Tapping, and Stepping on the Spot Tasks

Table 3

Mean interonset interval of the stimuli and interresponse intervals by group for each tempo.

TempoBeats per minuteIOIIRI younger meana (SD)IRI older meana (SD)IRI Parkinson’s meana (SD)

Slow81.02741.87740.35 (31.77)735.86 (36.14)735.15 (52.89)
Medium116.25516.71515.56 (17.10)516.63 (19.46)514.10 (19.33)
Fast139.68429.95430.12 (10.79)430.21 (9.89)428.35 (14.98)

IOI, interonset interval; IRI, interresponse interval; SD, standard deviation; amilliseconds.