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Abstract
Keywords:
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Study Design
Study Participants
Experiment Setting


Survey Variables
Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Conclusions
6. Patents
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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| Variables | Mean ± SD |
|---|---|
| Height | 167.68 ± 8.38 |
| Vision left | 1.004 ± 0.303 |
| Vision right | 0.97 ± 0.31 |
| N (%) | |
| Age group | |
| ≤25 | 36 (76.6) |
| >25 | 11 (23.4) |
| Gender | |
| Female | 32 (68.1) |
| Male | 15 (31.9) |
| Occupation | |
| Student | 30 (63.8) |
| Employed | 17 (36.2) |
| Education level | |
| High school | 25 (53.2) |
| More than | 22 (46.8) |
| Body type | |
| Average | 30 (63.8) |
| Overweight | 11 (23.4) |
| Skinny | 6 (12.8) |
| License acquisition | |
| ≤ 3 years | 32 (68.1) |
| > 3 years | 15 (31.9) |
| Driving experience | |
| ≤ 3 years | 39 (83.0) |
| > 3 years | 8 (17.0) |
| Experience of immobilization on right lower limb | |
| Yes | 9 (19.2) |
| No | 38 (80.8) |
| Variables | Driving ability after immobilization | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||
| Height | 172.30 ± 9.59 | 166.43 ± 7.69 | 0.04 |
| Vision left | 1.05 ± 0.40 | 0.99 ± 0.28 | 0.82 |
| Vision right | 1.07 ± 0.37 | 0.95 ± 0.29 | 0.54 |
| N (%) | |||
| Age group | 0.038 | ||
| ≤25 | 10 (27.8) | 26 (72.2) | |
| >25 | 0 (0.0) | 11 (100.0) | |
| Gender | 0.704 | ||
| Female | 6 (18.8) | 26 (81.2) | |
| Male | 4 (26.7) | 11 (73.3) | |
| Occupation | 0.07 | ||
| Student | 9 (30.0) | 21 (70.0) | |
| Employed | 1 (5.9) | 16 (94.1) | |
| Education | 0.73 | ||
| High school | 6 (24.0) | 19 (76.0) | |
| More than | 4 (18.2) | 18 (81.8) | |
| Body type | 0.046 | ||
| Average | 4 (13.3) | 26 (86.7) | |
| Overweight | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.6) | |
| Skinny | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | |
| License acquisition | 0.46 | ||
| ≤ 3 years | 8 (25.0) | 24 (75.0) | |
| > 3 years | 2 (13.3) | 13 (86.7) | |
| Driving experience | 0.17 | ||
| ≤ 3 years | 10 (25.6) | 29 (74.4) | |
| > 3 years | 0 (0.0) | 8 (100.0) | |
| Experience of immobilization on right lower limb | 1 | ||
| Yes | 2 (4.3) | 7 (14.9) | |
| No | 8 (17.0) | 30 (63.8) | |
| Variables | Before | Immobilization | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| Brake control issues | 9 (19.15) | 38 (80.85) | 35 (74.47) | 5 (10.64) | <0.001 |
| Accelerator control issues | 6 (12.77) | 41 (87.23) | 34 (72.34) | 6 (12.77) | <0.001 |
| Violation of road surface markings | 5 (10.64) | 42 (89.36) | 26 (55.32) | 14 (29.79) | <0.001 |
| Traffic signal violation | 4 (8.51) | 43 (91.49) | 26 (55.32) | 14 (29.79) | <0.001 |
| Compliance with experiment stop lines | 43 (91.49) | 4 (8.51) | 19 (40.43) | 21 (44.68) | 0.001 |
| Safe left and right turns | 45 (95.74) | 2 (4.26) | 16 (34.04) | 24 (51.06) | <0.001 |
| Mental burden | N/A | N/A | 43 (91.49) | 4 (8.51) | |
| Physical pain and/or discomfort | N/A | N/A | 29 (61.70) | 18 (38.30) | |
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