Influence of texting while walking on lower extremity gait function in young adults

IF 1.6 3区心理学 Q4 NEUROSCIENCES

Human Movement Science Pub Date : 2024-08-29 DOI:10.1016/j.humov.2024.103278

Katelyn E. Conroy , Heather R. Vanderhoof , William J. Travis , Alyssa G. Moreno , Jeffrey D. Eggleston

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Abstract

Texting while walking (TWW) is a dual-task activity that young adults perform in their everyday lives. TWW has been reported to affect gait characteristics such as gait speed, stride length, and cadence. However, the influence of TWW on lower extremity gait function has not been investigated. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to quantify gait function by examining gait symmetry and using a time series analysis. Twenty-eight young adults (14 males, 14 females) walked at their preferred speed for 10 m as a baseline condition and a 10 m TWW task. Three-dimensional segment tracking was achieved utilizing a lower extremity and trunk marker set and the Model Statistic was used to test for statistical differences between the hip, knee, and ankle angular joint positions. The hip yielded the most asymmetries (25 out of 101 points) throughout the gait cycle, while asymmetries for the knee and ankle joints yielded 16 out of 101 points and 11 out of 101 points, respectively. The outcomes of this study suggest there are differences between baseline and TWW gait symmetry, however, the percentage of the gait cycle affected was less than 25 % - indicating gait function is not strongly influenced by texting while walking in young adults.

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边走边发信息对年轻人下肢步态功能的影响

边走边发信息（TWW）是年轻人日常生活中的一种双重任务活动。据报道，边走边发信息会影响步态特征，如步速、步幅和步频。然而，有关 TWW 对下肢步态功能的影响尚未进行研究。因此，本研究旨在通过检查步态对称性和使用时间序列分析来量化步态功能。28 名年轻成年人（14 名男性，14 名女性）以自己喜欢的速度行走 10 米作为基线条件，并进行 10 米的双臂行走任务。利用下肢和躯干标记集实现三维节段跟踪，并使用模型统计检验髋关节、膝关节和踝关节角度位置之间的统计差异。在整个步态周期中，髋关节产生的不对称最多（101 个点中有 25 个点），而膝关节和踝关节的不对称分别为 101 个点中有 16 个点和 101 个点中有 11 个点。这项研究的结果表明，基线步态对称性与 TWW 步态对称性之间存在差异，但步态周期中受影响的百分比低于 25%，这表明步态功能并没有受到边走边发信息的强烈影响。

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Human Movement Science 医学-神经科学

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3.80

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4.80%

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42 days

期刊介绍： Human Movement Science provides a medium for publishing disciplinary and multidisciplinary studies on human movement. It brings together psychological, biomechanical and neurophysiological research on the control, organization and learning of human movement, including the perceptual support of movement. The overarching goal of the journal is to publish articles that help advance theoretical understanding of the control and organization of human movement, as well as changes therein as a function of development, learning and rehabilitation. The nature of the research reported may vary from fundamental theoretical or empirical studies to more applied studies in the fields of, for example, sport, dance and rehabilitation with the proviso that all studies have a distinct theoretical bearing. Also, reviews and meta-studies advancing the understanding of human movement are welcome. These aims and scope imply that purely descriptive studies are not acceptable, while methodological articles are only acceptable if the methodology in question opens up new vistas in understanding the control and organization of human movement. The same holds for articles on exercise physiology, which in general are not supported, unless they speak to the control and organization of human movement. In general, it is required that the theoretical message of articles published in Human Movement Science is, to a certain extent, innovative and not dismissible as just "more of the same."