You Know Those People Who Pace While on the Phone? Science …
Aug 23, 2016 · Seeing someone else pace while on the phone at work might drive you bonkers, but research indicates that scurrying around during calls is actually completely natural.
Walking and Using a Phone Is Bad for Your Health
Jan 23, 2024 · One study found that participants were half as likely to notice a clown on a unicycle — a cheeky touch — while walking and talking on a phone. But that screen in your hand isn’t just diverting...
Walking Stability during Cell Phone Use in Healthy Adults
The number of falls and/or accidental injuries associated with cellular phone use during walking is growing rapidly. Understanding the effects of concurrent cell phone use on human gait may help develop safety guidelines for pedestrians.
Impact of Using Smartphone While Walking or Standing: A Study …
Jun 23, 2023 · Does texting while walking affect spatiotemporal gait parameters in healthy adults, older people, and persons with motor or cognitive disorders? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Gait Posture 2023 , 100 , 284–301.
The effects of walking speed and mobile phone use on the walking ...
Walking while using a mobile phone has been shown to affect the walking dynamics of young adults. However, this has only been investigated using treadmill walking at a fixed walking speed. In this study, the dynamics of over ground walking were ...
People are in denial about using devices while walking and being …
Dec 5, 2015 · Eighty-five percent of people said other people were distracted by using their smartphone to text, e-mail, or play games while walking, but only 28 percent said that they use smartphones that way...
The effects of mobile phone use on walking: a dual task study
Jun 21, 2019 · Walking while using a mobile phone affects both how we walk and how we interact with our environment [1,2,3]. The physical effects can typically manifest through decreased gait velocity, shortened stride length, [4,5,6,7,8,9] and increased duration of double support time [4, …
Distracted walking: A habit that can affect your body, brain
Jun 8, 2024 · Learn how distracted walking can slow you down, cause neck pain, and impair your cognitive function. Find out why Singapore has no laws against this behaviour and what measures can be taken to...
Talking on a mobile phone and doing math have a similar impact …
Dec 1, 2024 · A recent systematic review and meta-analysis showed that using a mobile phone while walking reduces gait velocity, step length, and stride length, and increases step time, stride time, step width, and double support time.
Walking while texting and other cell phone related injuries are …
Dec 5, 2019 · Head, face and neck injuries due to cell phone use have risen sharply over the last 20 years and can carry the risk of long-term complications, a new study says.