Musical enjoyment does not enhance walking speed in healthy adults during music-based auditory cueing.

Background: Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) involves synchronizing footsteps to music or a metronome to improve gait speed and stability in patients with neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. However, responses to RAS vary across individuals, perhaps because of differences in enjoyment of the music or in musical abilities.

Research Question: Intuitively, musical enjoyment may influence gait responses to RAS, but enjoyment has not been systematically manipulated nor the effects empirically assessed.