De Quervain Syndrome Among Medical Students with Smart Phone Addiction

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: De Quervain Tenosynovitis; Smartphone Addiction

Treatments: Device: Hand grip strength dynamometer, pinch strength dynamometer; Diagnostic Test: Finkelstein test

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06731634

012/005462

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the prevelance of the de quervain tenosynovitis among the Egyptian medical students with smartphone addiction

Full description

Addictive participants will be assigned and enrolled in the study according to there addiction score on smartphone addiction scale.

Participants will receive a Finkelstein test for both dominant and non dominant hand for the de quervain tenosynovitis.

Then the strentgh of both hand grip and pinch grip for both hands will be tested using hand grip strength dynamometer and pinch strentgh dynamometer.

Enrollment: 103 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Asymptomatic students with normal healthy state
• Any student in all the academic years with age 18-25
• Addictive smart phone users with score over 31 for male and 33 for female students in smart phone addiction scale.
• Who own or use mobile.
• Both genders: male and female
• Willing to participate.
• Egyptian students

Exclusion criteria

• Those who don't have mobile phone.
• Any previous injury or trauma or surgery and a history of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and deformities and changes in the shape of the finger joints.
• Those who are not willing to participate.
• Non-Egyptian students.

Trial design

103 participants in 1 patient group

One group will be assigned

Description:

The group will include people with smartphone addiction, who will receive a Finkelstein test for both dominant and non dominant hand, then the both hands grip and bench strength will be tested.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Finkelstein test

Device: Hand grip strength dynamometer, pinch strength dynamometer