Neck Joint Position Error Among Taibah Students University; Saudi Arabia; Cross Section Design

Taibah University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Proprioception

Treatments: Device: inclinometer, smart phone goniometer and laser beam

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05861180

taibah

Details and patient eligibility

About

this study was done to answer the following: Is there a difference between students without and with varying degrees of text neck in cervical proprioception defect? Is there a correlation between JPE and severity of text neck among Taibah students University?

Enrollment: 68 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• A convenient sample of 68 female students
• the age was between 18-25 years

Exclusion criteria

• Any students with neck pain or previous neck or back surgery or a history of a previous accident were excluded
• Also, we excluded any student with a history of fracture injury of the cervical column, scoliosis, severe thoracic kyphosis, rheumatic disease, torticollis, loss of standing balance, use of hearing aid, and persistent respiratory problems.

Trial design

68 participants in 4 patient groups

normal group

Description:

no text neck

Treatment:

Device: inclinometer, smart phone goniometer and laser beam

mild text neck

Treatment:

Device: inclinometer, smart phone goniometer and laser beam

moderate text neck

Treatment:

Device: inclinometer, smart phone goniometer and laser beam

severe text neck

Treatment:

Device: inclinometer, smart phone goniometer and laser beam