Smartphone Addiction and Muscular Disorder

Istanbul Arel University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Myofascial Trigger Point

Treatments: Other: EVALUATION

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05299684

smartphoneaddictionozden

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background and aim: The use of smartphones, which has reached the level of addiction causes some physical and psychological health problems. The aim was to examine the musculoskeletal disorders of the neck and upper extremities of mobile phone addiction in a population of young adults.

Methods: The study is a cross sectional research conducted on students of a university in İstanbul between December 2018-October 2020. The level of addiction was assessed with the Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Form (SAS-SF). The posture of participants was evaluated by New York Posture Rating Chart (NYPRC), mostly usage smartphone posture, forward head and myofascial trigger points were questioned according to Simon and Travel criteria. Mann-Whitney U test Pearson's chi-squared test were used for analyzing the data.

Enrollment: 136 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• used smartphones
• volunteered to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

• having any history of trauma at the neck region within the last six months,
• taking any treatment for trigger points within the last 3 months
• having a history of neck surgery.