The effects of mobile phone use on walking: a dual task study
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of walking at different speeds while using a mobile phone on spatiotemporal stride parameters among young adults. Ten participants (7 male, 3 female; age = 24.7 ± 4.4 years, mean ± 1SD) completed 12 walking trials. Trials consisted of task...
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description | OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of walking at different speeds while using a mobile phone on spatiotemporal stride parameters among young adults. Ten participants (7 male, 3 female; age = 24.7 ± 4.4 years, mean ± 1SD) completed 12 walking trials. Trials consisted of tasks performed at both normal and fast walking speeds—walking only, walking while texting, and walking while talking on a mobile phone. Gait velocity, stride length, cadence, and double support time were computed using data from accelerometers on either shoe. RESULTS: The effects of distracted walking were not significantly larger when performed at a self-selected fast walking speed compared with a normal walking speed. However, walking while texting produced significant decreases in gait velocity, stride length, and cadence, with a significant increase in double support time at both walking speeds. Moreover texting increased the size of the relative variability of walking, observed through a significant increase in the coefficient of variation of cadence, stride length, and double support time. The observed changes may be suggestive of compromised balance when walking while texting regardless of walking speed. This may place the individual at a greater risk of, slips, trips and falls. |
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spelling | pubmed-65888682019-07-08 The effects of mobile phone use on walking: a dual task study Crowley, Patrick Madeleine, Pascal Vuillerme, Nicolas BMC Res Notes Research Note OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of walking at different speeds while using a mobile phone on spatiotemporal stride parameters among young adults. Ten participants (7 male, 3 female; age = 24.7 ± 4.4 years, mean ± 1SD) completed 12 walking trials. Trials consisted of tasks performed at both normal and fast walking speeds—walking only, walking while texting, and walking while talking on a mobile phone. Gait velocity, stride length, cadence, and double support time were computed using data from accelerometers on either shoe. RESULTS: The effects of distracted walking were not significantly larger when performed at a self-selected fast walking speed compared with a normal walking speed. However, walking while texting produced significant decreases in gait velocity, stride length, and cadence, with a significant increase in double support time at both walking speeds. Moreover texting increased the size of the relative variability of walking, observed through a significant increase in the coefficient of variation of cadence, stride length, and double support time. The observed changes may be suggestive of compromised balance when walking while texting regardless of walking speed. This may place the individual at a greater risk of, slips, trips and falls. BioMed Central 2019-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6588868/ /pubmed/31227009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4391-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Note Crowley, Patrick Madeleine, Pascal Vuillerme, Nicolas The effects of mobile phone use on walking: a dual task study |
title | The effects of mobile phone use on walking: a dual task study |
title_full | The effects of mobile phone use on walking: a dual task study |
title_fullStr | The effects of mobile phone use on walking: a dual task study |
title_full_unstemmed | The effects of mobile phone use on walking: a dual task study |
title_short | The effects of mobile phone use on walking: a dual task study |
title_sort | effects of mobile phone use on walking: a dual task study |
topic | Research Note |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6588868/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31227009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4391-0 |
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