Smartphone Use and Neck Flexion Angle

Completed

• Conditions: Neck Disorder

• Registration Number: NCT04715009
• Lead Sponsor: South Valley University

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-01-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-01-14
• Study First Posted: 2021-01-20
• Primary Completion: 2021-02-01
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Study Completion: 2021-03-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-13
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 140

Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

• low back pain surgeries affecting upper limps

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
the neck flexion angle	the neck flexion angle at day 120	flexion angle of the neck

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
hand grip power	power of hand at date 120	power of hand

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Nehad ahmed youness; 🇪🇬 Assiut, Egypt