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The impact of smartphone use on gait in young adults: Cognitive load vs posture of texting

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  • Sung-Hyeon Kim
  • Jin-Hwa Jung
  • Ho-jin Shin
  • Suk-Chan Hahm
  • Hwi-young Cho

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Many researches have reported that the use of smartphones has a negative impact on gait variability and speed of pedestrians by dispersion of cognition, but the influence of factors other than cognitive function on gait is still unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of smartphone use on spatiotemporal gait parameters in healthy young people while walking. 42 healthy young adults were recruited and instructed to walk in four conditions (walking without using a smartphone, typing on a smartphone with both hands, typing on a smartphone with one hand, and texting posture with non-task). All spatiotemporal gait parameters were measured using the GAITRite walkway. Compared to walking without using a smartphone, the subjects walked with a slower cadence and velocity and changed stride length and gait cycle and spent more time in contact with the ground when using a smartphone (p

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  • Sung-Hyeon Kim & Jin-Hwa Jung & Ho-jin Shin & Suk-Chan Hahm & Hwi-young Cho, 2020. "The impact of smartphone use on gait in young adults: Cognitive load vs posture of texting," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(10), pages 1-10, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0240118
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240118
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    1. Sidney Afonso Sobrinho-Junior & Azriel Cancian Nepomuceno de Almeida & Amanda Aparecida Paniago Ceabras & Carolina Leonel da Silva Carvalho & Tayla Borges Lino & Gustavo Christofoletti, 2022. "Risks of Accidents Caused by the Use of Smartphone by Pedestrians Are Task- and Environment-Dependent," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(16), pages 1-9, August.

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