Does texting while walking really affect gait in young adults?

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Agostini, Valentina ^a   Lo Fermo, Francesco ^b   Massazza, Giuseppe ^c   Knaflitz, Marco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dual task; EMG; Gait; Gait analysis; Muscle co contraction; Smartphone use; Texting and walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CADENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE SUPPORT; FEMALE; FLAT FOOT CONTACT; GAIT; GAIT SPEED; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HEEL CONTACT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT STABILITY; KINEMATICS; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSH OFF; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRIDE LENGTH; STRIDE TO STRIDE VARIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEXT MESSAGING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; KNEE; LEG; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TEXT MESSAGING; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942199746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12984-015-0079-4     Document Type: Article

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