Using Music-Based Cadence Entrainment to Manipulate Walking Intensity.

Background: While previous studies indicate an auditory metronome can entrain cadence (in steps per minute), music may also evoke prescribed cadences and metabolic intensities.

Purpose: To determine how modulating the tempo of a single commercial song influences adults' ability to entrain foot strikes while walking and how this entrainment affects metabolic intensity.

Methods: Twenty healthy adults (10 men and 10 women; mean [SD]: age 23.