Prevalence of Nerd Neck Between Different Students at Taibah University, Saudi Arabia

Taibah University

Status: Completed

Conditions: CERVICAL

Treatments: Device: tragus to wall distance (TWD), craniovertebral angle (CVA) by smart phone application

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05871047

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Details and patient eligibility

About

A convenient sample of 82 female students aged 18-24 years participated in analytic observational experiment cross section design. Students were recruited into two groups, practical and non-practical. to answer the following

1. Is there a difference in the prevalence of nerd neck between students of practical and non-practical studying groups at Taibah University from the sitting position?
2. Is there a difference in the prevalence of nerd neck between students of practical and non-practical studying groups at Taibah University from the standing position?

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• A convenient sample of 82 female students
• the age was between 18-24 years
• Students were recruited from practical and non-practical faculties at taibah university.

Exclusion criteria

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

Trial design

82 participants in 2 patient groups

practical group

Treatment:

Device: tragus to wall distance (TWD), craniovertebral angle (CVA) by smart phone application

non-practical group

Treatment:

Device: tragus to wall distance (TWD), craniovertebral angle (CVA) by smart phone application