Gait Symmetry Is Unaffected When Completing a Motor Dexterity Task While Using a Walking Workstation in Healthy, Young Adults

Walking workstations may counteract sedentarism in working adults; however, performing dual-task walking affect gait or work performance. The purpose of this study was to examine symmetry parameters and performance while completing a fine motor dexterity task during workstation use. Gait function, quantified as symmetry, used identify attentional resource allocation the co-occurring tasks conditions. Eighteen college-aged students performed Purdue Pegboard Test (PPT) with left right hands separately using at self-selected speed. indices were computed on stride length lower extremity angular joint positions analyzed for comparison baseline PPT No asymmetries found any sub-phase scores decreased significantly condition compared seated standing Overall, did not change position sub-phase; there decrease performance, which relate However, increased exposure improve over time.