Does listening to audiobooks affect gait behavior?

ConclusionNo differences in the spatiotemporal gait parameters for walking with and without listening to audiobooks, as a daily life-like dual-task, were observed. However, the difference between participants who listened rarely and participants who listened often may confirm the “posture first” strategy in young healthy people.Trial registrationDRKS00025837, retrospectively registered on 23.11.2021.
Source: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research