Are you walking red flag? 🚩
If you've noticed you've been dragging your feet while walking lately, or generally walking in a more wobbly, uneasy manner, it's likely time to take a nap ASAP. Researchers in this study analyzed a collection of college students and discovered that lack of adequate sleep influences how efficiently we can control our walking stride.
"Scientifically, it wasn't clear that almost automatic activities like walking would be influenced by lack of sleep," explained Hermano Krebs, principal research scientist in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering.Importantly, the study also found that just a little bit of"sleep compensation" can go a long way.
"That's paradoxical," added lead study author Arturo Forner-Cordero of the University of São Paulo in Brazil."Even at the peak of when most people would be tired, this compensating group did better, which we didn't expect." On average, most students were getting only six hours of sleep each day . Importantly, however, some students slept more during the weekends.
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