Impact of mobile phone use on accidental falls risk in young adult pedestrians

Background: Mobile phone use is known to be a distraction to pedestrians, increasing their likelihood of crossing into oncoming traffic or colliding with other people. However, the effect of using a mobile phone to text while walking on gait stability and accidental falls in young adults remains inc...

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Main Authors: Paulo H.S. Pelicioni, Lloyd L.Y. Chan, Shuotong Shi, Kenny Wong, Lauren Kark, Yoshiro Okubo, Matthew A. Brodie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023055743