Abstract
AbstractReading or texting with a mobile phone while walking requires cognitive resource allocation and consequently induces changes in gait. Fifty-six young adults walked along the GAITRite© walkway under baseline, low-, and high-cognitive loads. Participants’ Functional Ambulation Profile (FAP), velocity, and stride length decreased while double-support time increased under higher cognitive load. This result shows that during cognitively loaded multitasking conditions participants are unable to stabilize their gait. In addition, lower FAP scores across the conditions suggest an increased risk for future injurious falls. This study demonstrates that distracted walking using a mobile phone can affect several parameters of gait and it would be prudent to not read or text on a mobile phone while walking.
Highlights
Mobile phones are considered a part of everyday life and being used by 91% of adults
LaPointe is a Francis Eppes distinguished professor in School of Communication Science and Disorders at Florida State University. They currently work in the Communication Neuroscience Laboratory (CNL)
The CNL is a collaborative group of researchers and students at Florida State University and the Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare system who seek to understand and explore relationships between the brain and human communication and cognition
Summary
Mobile phones are considered a part of everyday life and being used by 91% of adults. LaPointe is a Francis Eppes distinguished professor in School of Communication Science and Disorders at Florida State University. They currently work in the Communication Neuroscience Laboratory (CNL). The CNL is a collaborative group of researchers and students at Florida State University and the Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare system who seek to understand and explore relationships between the brain and human communication and cognition. They are interested in exploring cognitive–linguistic interactions (i.e. how attention, memory, and information processing support and interact with language and human communication). They are interested in understanding and explaining brain disorders that cause communication and cognitive problems, conducting clinical research on questions related to brain, language, and cognition, and exploring how cognitive and communication factors impact other perceptual and motor system
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