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NEUROLOGY 2005;65:754-756
© 2005 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Inhibited head movements: A risk of combining phoning with other activities?

Brian S. Oommen, MS and John S. Stahl, MD, PhD

From the Department of Neurology, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (B.S. Oommen and Dr. Stahl), and Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University (Dr. Stahl), Cleveland, OH.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. John S. Stahl, Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-5040; e-mail: jss6{at}case.edu

Studies of cellular phone use while driving have attributed impaired performance to the distractions of conversation. We determined that holding an inactive phone to the ear reduces the probability of eccentric head positions, potentially indicating reduced ability to monitor the visual surround. This effect may constitute a risk of cellular phone use independent of conversation and peculiar to handheld models.

This article was previously published in electronic format as an Expedited E-Pub on July 6, 2005, at www.neurology.org.

Supported by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Received March 17, 2005. Accepted in final form May 23, 2005.




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