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Name Yoshihide Tokuda
Belonging department Department of Physical Therapy,Faculty of Health and Medical Science
Occupation name Professor
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Title 

Kinematic analysis of gait while using a smartphone

					

					

						

							

								

									
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Date of Issue 

									
								

							

						

						
201707

					

					

						

							

								

									
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The 18th International Congress of WCPT(Cape Town, South Africa, 2017)

					

					

						

							

								

									
Summary 

									
								

							

						

						
The objective of this study was to clarify characteristic of walking using a smartphone from the view point of kinematic analysis. When using a smartphone, gait speed was slower, cadence was lower and stride was shorter than each parameter of a normal gait. The maximum height of toes during a gait while reading using a smartphone was significantly lower than that of a normal gait. These results suggested that a gait while reading using a smartphone is not an effective method of locomotion.