Study Design. Within-subject design of an experimental study. Objective. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of smartphone use on the activity level of the lumbar erector spinae muscles and spine kinematics during walking. Summary of Background Data. Using a smartphone while walking makes the user hold the phone steady and look downward to interact with the phone. Walking with this non-natural posture of the head and the arms may alter the spine kinematics and increase the muscular load on the low back extensor muscles. Methods. Twenty healthy young individuals participated in the laboratory experiment. Each participant walked on a treadmill in five different conditions: normal walking without using a phone, conducting one-ha...
Excessive smartphone usage and the resulting postural choices have led to a rise in musculo-skeletal...
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in global smartphone usage driven by differen...
Caleb Burruss1, Ashton Human1, Kaitlin Gallagher1 1University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas Ne...
Concurrent use of a smartphone while walking may influence low back muscle activation patterns due t...
Using a smartphone while walking has been common in countries with high smartphone penetration rates...
Objective: Myoelectric activity of neck extensor muscles and head kinematic variables, when using a ...
The objective of this study was to quantify head flexion when using a smartphone while walking. Head...
Background: Using a mobile phone while performing a postural and locomotor tasks is a common, daily ...
The number of smartphone users is growing dramatically. Using the smartphone frequently forces the u...
The number of smartphone users is growing dramatically. Using the smartphone frequently forces the u...
The purpose of this study was to clarify the influence of different postures on the activity of the ...
Prolonged use of the smartphone for texting was studied on a sample of 17 healthy young adult partic...
Prolonged or frequent looking down posture when using a smartphone in mobile has been assumed as a r...
In this study, we investigated possible alterations of neck and trunk posture when using smartphones...
The aim of the research is to verify some variables on the use of the smartphone, associated with mu...
Excessive smartphone usage and the resulting postural choices have led to a rise in musculo-skeletal...
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in global smartphone usage driven by differen...
Caleb Burruss1, Ashton Human1, Kaitlin Gallagher1 1University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas Ne...
Concurrent use of a smartphone while walking may influence low back muscle activation patterns due t...
Using a smartphone while walking has been common in countries with high smartphone penetration rates...
Objective: Myoelectric activity of neck extensor muscles and head kinematic variables, when using a ...
The objective of this study was to quantify head flexion when using a smartphone while walking. Head...
Background: Using a mobile phone while performing a postural and locomotor tasks is a common, daily ...
The number of smartphone users is growing dramatically. Using the smartphone frequently forces the u...
The number of smartphone users is growing dramatically. Using the smartphone frequently forces the u...
The purpose of this study was to clarify the influence of different postures on the activity of the ...
Prolonged use of the smartphone for texting was studied on a sample of 17 healthy young adult partic...
Prolonged or frequent looking down posture when using a smartphone in mobile has been assumed as a r...
In this study, we investigated possible alterations of neck and trunk posture when using smartphones...
The aim of the research is to verify some variables on the use of the smartphone, associated with mu...
Excessive smartphone usage and the resulting postural choices have led to a rise in musculo-skeletal...
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in global smartphone usage driven by differen...
Caleb Burruss1, Ashton Human1, Kaitlin Gallagher1 1University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas Ne...