Evaluation of Text Neck Syndrome and Hand Grip Force in Smart Phone Addiction Among Students of Jazan University

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain, Back; Myofascial Pain Syndrome; Neck Pain; Postural; Strain
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Pain Pressure Threshold; Diagnostic Test: Hand Grip Force

• Registration Number: NCT03757520
• Lead Sponsor: Wafaa Mahmoud Amin

Brief Summary

This study will be conducted in the Department of physical therapy, College of Applied Medical Sciences,Jazan University, to investigate text neck syndrome and hand grip force in smart phone addiction among students of jazan university

Detailed Description

Four hundreds students with age 19 to 26 years old, and right dominant hand, will be recruited from the College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University. Subjects will be randomly assigned to into a heavy user group (n=300; female and male students) and a control or regular use group (n=300; female and male students) according to their smartphone addiction proneness scale.

Baseline hydraulic hand dynamometer: (Fabrication Enterprises Incorporated, White Plains,New York, USA) is used to measure the hand grip strength and pinch strength.

Algometer Commander (JTech Medical Company) is used on the location of the trigger point to assess the amount of pressure the patient could sustain before the patient registered the pressure as being painful for upper fiber of trapezius muscle and sternocleidomastoid muscle

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-11-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-11-27
• Study First Posted: 2018-11-29
• Study Start: 2019-08-11
• Primary Completion: 2020-08-16
• Study Completion: 2020-10-18
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-07
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 600

Inclusion Criteria

1. The participant will be right-handed.
2. No abnormal findings confirmed through physical and neurological examination.
3. No congenital abnormalities in either the cervical or the lumbar spine.
4. No history of severe surgical procedures ( Park et al., 2015) .

Exclusion Criteria

1. History of a neurological disease.
2. History of musculoskeletal injury of neck and lumbar region.
3. Unstable medical condition.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Heavy user group	Pain Pressure Threshold	Their number: 300; female and male students, will earn 40 points or more of Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale. Pain Pressure Threshold and Hand Grip Force will Measured for them.
Regular user group	Pain Pressure Threshold	Their number: 300; female and male students, will earn 39 points or less of Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale. Pain Pressure Threshold and Hand Grip Force will Measured for them.
Heavy user group	Hand Grip Force	Their number: 300; female and male students, will earn 40 points or more of Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale. Pain Pressure Threshold and Hand Grip Force will Measured for them.
Regular user group	Hand Grip Force	Their number: 300; female and male students, will earn 39 points or less of Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale. Pain Pressure Threshold and Hand Grip Force will Measured for them.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain pressure threshold for upper fiber of trapezius muscle	3 minutes	Using Algometer to measure pain pressure for upper trapezius trigger point which lies in the more horizontal fibers of the upper trapezius on the back of the shoulder, about halfway between spine and the acromion on right and left side for 3 repetition for each
Hand Grip Force	15 minutes	For measuring the grip strength, the subjects will be asked to sit on a chair with their hip joint flexed at 90 degree, and shoulder joint in a neutral position.; The elbow is fixed at 90 degree flexion, forearm in a neutral position, and wrist at 0 to 15 degree radial deviation.The test will be performed twice, and the higher value between the two measurements will be selected.; The subjects are allowed a rest time of more than 5 minutes after the first measurement to avoid examiner bias and to decrease physical stress
Pain pressure threshold for sternocleidomastoid muscle	9 minutes	Using Algometer to measure pain pressure for sternocleidomastoid muscle on right and left side for 3 repetition for each. Measurement will includes three sites on each side: 1. upper part of the sternal division of the muscle near to its insertion into the mastoid process. 2. he mid-part of the sternal division of the muscle. 3. lower end of this division near to its attachment to the sternum.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Jazan University; 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Jazan, Saudi Arabia