Effect of Using a Cell Phone on Gait Parameters in Healthy Young Adults: Texting and texting while Listening to Music (휴대전화 사용이 젊은 성인의 보행에 미치는 영향: 문자메시지 보내기와 음악 감상하며 문자메시지 보내기)

Yu Kyung Hoon (유경훈); JaeHun Shim (심재훈); Sung-dae Choung (정성대); Hye-Seon Jeon (전혜선)

Effect of Using a Cell Phone on Gait Parameters in Healthy Young Adults: Texting and texting while Listening to Music

Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
Abbr : J Korean Soc Phys Med
2015, 10(4), pp.25-31
Publisher : The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Physical Therapy > Other physical therapy

Yu Kyung Hoon ¹, JaeHun Shim ¹, Sung-dae Choung ¹, Hye-Seon Jeon ²

¹백석대학교
²연세대학교

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ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: Previous studies have shown that healthy young adults reduced gait velocity during texting or talking while walking. It was reported that increasing number of pedestrian accidents were related to distract the environmental attention. The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of texting and texting while listening to music on gait parameters. METHODS: Texting and listening to music while walking were assessed in two dual-task condition using 35 healthy young adults. The outcome measurements were assessed in terms of spatiotemporal gait parameters in three walking conditions, namely, comfortable walking speed, walking while texting, and walking while texting and listening to music. To avoid learning effect, subjects were individually blinded to assessment schedule and space. The changes between the three walking conditions were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA. RESULTS: When comparing the two dual-task conditions with the single-task condition, it was found that dual-task interference was increased in almost gait velocity, cadence, stride length, step time, double limb support, and single limb support. In addition, walking while texting and listening to music condition negatively was affected gait speed, stride length, and step time more than the texting only condition. CONCLUSION: Walking while texting and listening to music as well as waling while texting may decrease pedestrian safety when crossing streets by diverting the person’s attention away from the street environment.

KEYWORDS

Texting, Music, Cell phone, Dual-task, Walking

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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