It’s hard to take an article about “gait” seriously when the authors misspell “gait” twice (as “gate”) and have an overall very poor command of the English language.
Here are some examples from a single paragraph in the Discussion section:
“Specifically, those individuals under the age of 30, such as those in the Plummer study, likely started using mobile phones.” What does this mean?
“While we attempted to explore an ageing component within our study generally feel that the upper age limit within our study was not sufficient to separate out more robust ageing differences.” This is not a sentence.
“Though currently absent from the literature a more thorough investigation into the effects of simultaneous texting and walking, as older individuals are more susceptible to tripping.” This is not a sentence.
“However, our findings are generally consistent with previous research showing that when time constraints are imposed on participants, older individuals typically take longer or exhibit more cautious gate characteristics than their younger counter parts.” The word is “gait,” not “gate,” (this error appears twice in the paper), and “counterpart” is one word, not two.
“Others have shown that walking increases ones time spent looking away from obstacles by as much as 400% [9] leading to a phenomenon a known as ‘inattentional blindness’.” The correct word is “one’s,” not “ones.”
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[ 0.23 ms ] story [ 14.5 ms ] threadHere are some examples from a single paragraph in the Discussion section:
“Specifically, those individuals under the age of 30, such as those in the Plummer study, likely started using mobile phones.” What does this mean?
“While we attempted to explore an ageing component within our study generally feel that the upper age limit within our study was not sufficient to separate out more robust ageing differences.” This is not a sentence.
“Though currently absent from the literature a more thorough investigation into the effects of simultaneous texting and walking, as older individuals are more susceptible to tripping.” This is not a sentence.
“However, our findings are generally consistent with previous research showing that when time constraints are imposed on participants, older individuals typically take longer or exhibit more cautious gate characteristics than their younger counter parts.” The word is “gait,” not “gate,” (this error appears twice in the paper), and “counterpart” is one word, not two.
“Others have shown that walking increases ones time spent looking away from obstacles by as much as 400% [9] leading to a phenomenon a known as ‘inattentional blindness’.” The correct word is “one’s,” not “ones.”