Smartphone and Posture Control In Healthy Adolescents
Completed
- Conditions
- Balance
- Interventions
- Device: smartphone
- Registration Number
- NCT04775342
- Lead Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Brief Summary
This is a study to determine if smartphone use affect posture control in adolescents.
- Detailed Description
It is within subject repeated measure study to determine if touch screen use affect posture control in healthy adolescents.
200 normal adolescents between 14 and 18 years old will be included.
1st they will be assessed for posture control to determine normal values for their ages, then each child will be given smartphone to play a game while the sound is muted for 15 min then their balance will be re-assessed, finally they will use the phone for another 15 min but the children will use headphone piece this time then re-assess balance.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Inclusion Criteria
- Children age from 14 to 18 years old.
- Both genders will be included.
- Normal Body mass index (BMI) for age.
- Children using smartphone for at least 1 year.
Exclusion Criteria
- Obese children.
- children with vestibular or visual problems.
- Children with neurological disorders.
- Children with congenital deformities or musculoskeletal disorders.
- Children with cognitive impairment.
- Injuries or inflammatory conditions involving the extremities.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description 1 group smartphone 1 group will be assessed then will be given smartphone to use and assessed
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method center of pressure 6 months a metric for measuring changes in posture control
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Esraa Abd Elaziz Anter Abd Elaziz
🇪🇬Cairo, Egypt