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

Completed

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

• Registration Number: NCT05871047
• Lead Sponsor: Taibah University

Brief Summary

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?

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-01-31
• Primary Completion: 2022-04-18
• Study Completion: 2022-04-18
• Study First Submitted: 2023-04-30
• Status Verified: 2023-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-05-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-05-13
• Study First Posted: 2023-05-23
• Last Update Posted: 2023-05-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 82

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
non-practical group	tragus to wall distance (TWD), craniovertebral angle (CVA) by smart phone application	-
practical group	tragus to wall distance (TWD), craniovertebral angle (CVA) by smart phone application	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the prevalence of nerd neck	one day	we measured nerd neck by calculating CVA by tragus wall distance test from standing position

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Taibah University; 🇸🇦 Medina, Saudi Arabia