Smartphone Use and Neck Flexion Angle

South Valley University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Neck Disorder

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04715009

Smartphone

Details and patient eligibility

About

Excessive smartphone use can disrupt your sleep, which can have a serious impact on your overall mental health. It can impact your memory, affect your ability to think clearly, and reduce your cognitive and learning skills. Encouraging self-absorption.

Full description

Persistent failed attempts to use cell phone less often. Preoccupation with smartphone use. Turns to cell phone when experiencing unwanted feelings such as anxiety or depression. Excessive use characterized by loss of sense of time.

Nomophobia-an abbreviation of "no-mobile-phone-phobia"-is also called "cell phone addiction." Symptoms include: Experiencing anxiety or panic over losing your phone. Obsessively checking for missed calls, emails, and texts.

Enrollment: 140 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• volunteers using smartphone less or more than 4 hours per day

Exclusion criteria

• low back pain surgeries affecting upper limps

Trial design

140 participants in 2 patient groups

participants use smartphone less than 4 hours per day

Description:

participants use smartphone less than 4 hours per day

participants use smartphone more than 4 hours per day

Description:

participants use smartphone more than 4 hours per day