title: Effect of walking speed on typing performance using an active workstation.
abstract: This study tested the effect of treadmill walking speed on typing performance when these tasks were performed simultaneously. 24 research participants (M age = 23.2 yr.) performed a typing test under each of four conditions including the control (seated), treadmill walking at 1.3 km/hr., 2.25 km/hr., and 3.2 km/hr. Results indicated that treadmill walking had a detrimental effect on typing performance, but that the walking speed of 2.25 km/hr. would result in better typing performance than the slower and faster speeds. Seated typing was better than typing while walking at 1.3 km/hr. and typing while walking at 3.2 km/hr. Typing performance while walking at 2.25 km/hr. was not different than seated typing performance. The results support the potential of treadmill walking at 2.25 km/hr. to provide low-intensity physical activity without compromising typing performance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Health, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Funk
authors.forename: Megan L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Ceith C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Creekmur
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ohlinger
authors.forename: Ronald H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Berg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult