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Clinical Assessment of Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters in Patients and Older Adults

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Published on: November 7, 2014

Computer interactions during walking workstation use moderately affects spatial-temporal gait characteristics.

Jeffrey D Eggleston¹, Emily A Chavez¹, John R Harry²

¹Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States.

|September 27, 2019

Summary

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Active workstations can increase physical activity with minimal impact on work. This study found that performing mousing tasks on a walking workstation, even with varying target sizes, did not increase tripping risks.

Keywords:

Biomechanics Kinematics Locomotion Mousing task Treadmill

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Area of Science:

Ergonomics
Human-Computer Interaction
Biomechanics

Background:

Sedentary workstyles are increasing, leading to interest in active workstations.
Active workstations can boost activity with moderate effects on work ability.
Previous research has not examined fine motor mousing tasks on gait stability during workstation use.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effects of mousing tasks with varying target sizes on gait stability (tripping descriptors) during walking workstation use.

Main Methods:

Participants used a walking workstation under baseline and three mousing conditions with different target sizes.
Three-dimensional kinematic data were collected to analyze gait parameters.

Main Results:

Mousing tasks, regardless of target size, led to decreased stride length, stance width, and time in double limb support.
These gait adjustments were statistically significant (p < 0.001) with moderate to large effect sizes.
No significant changes in knee flexion range of motion were observed.

Conclusions:

Walking workstation users adjust their gait by shortening stride length and narrowing their base of support during mousing tasks.
Upper extremity limb placement on the workstation likely enhances stability.
Performing mousing tasks of varying target sizes on a walking workstation does not appear to increase the risk of adverse gait events.