The Effects of Smartphone Usage on Musculoskeletal Disorders

Research Center in Back, Neck and Other Joint Pain and Human Performance (BNOJPH)0 sites44 target enrollmentJanuary 14, 2018

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: eck pain
Sponsor: Research Center in Back, Neck and Other Joint Pain and Human Performance (BNOJPH)
Enrollment: 44
Status: Not Yet Recruiting
Last Updated: last year

No summary available.

Registry

who.int

Start Date

January 14, 2018

End Date

December 1, 2018

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Sponsor

Research Center in Back, Neck and Other Joint Pain and Human Performance (BNOJPH)

•1\) Case group (with neck MSDs)
•1\.1\)Young adult aged between 18\-25 years (Gustafsson et al., 2011\)
•1\.2\)Own their iPhone 5 smartphone
•1\.3\)At least six monthâ€™s experience in using smartphones (Xie et al., 2016\)
•1\.4\)Daily use of their smartphone at least 2 hours per day (Xie et al., 2016\)
•1\.5\)Have experienced cervical symptom (neck pain on posterior neck or shoulder, which is the area from superior nuchal line to spinous process of 1st thoracic vertebrae, with mechanical characteristics consisting of the symptoms provoked by sustained prolonged neck posture, neck movement or palpation of cervical musculature (MartÄ±Â´nez\-Segura et al., 2006\)) during smartphone use (neck musculoskeletal disorders associated with usage of smartphone) more than 3 months in the past of year (Xie et al., 2016\)
•1\.6\) Have pain level at rest at least mild level (from 3 score or greater) measured by Visual Analog Scale (Jensen et al., 2003\).
•2\) Control group (without neck MSDs)
•2\.1\)Young adult aged between 18\-25 years (Gustafsson et al., 2011\)
•2\.2\)Own their iPhone 5 smartphone

•1\)Any history of traumatic injuries or surgical interventions of relevant regions within the past year (Kim GY et al., 2012; Kim MS., 2015; Xie et al., 2016\) such as whiplash injury
•2\)Other medical condition which may have a negative effect on the spine and upper extremities such as deformity (Kim GY et al., 2012; Xie et al., 2016\)
•3\)Chronic diseases affecting musculoskeletal system such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and other connective tissue disorders (such as fibromylgia) (Kim MS., 2015; Xie et al., 2016\)
•4\)Neurological (Kim GY et al., 2012\) and orthopedic disorders (Lee JH et al., 2014\) as well as sensory deficit (Xie et al., 2016\)
•5\)Had visual problems (which cannot be corrected by glasses), dizziness and vertigo (Kim GY et al., 2012\)
•6\)Had taken any sedative drug or alcohol within the past 48 hours (Kim GY et al., 2012\)
•All of criteria will be screened mainly from medical history of participants prior to the start of the study.