NCT03757520

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 600 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wafaa Mahmoud Amin · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 26 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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

Conditions

• Pain, Back
• Neck Pain
• Postural; Strain
• Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Pain Pressure Threshold	The pain pressure thresholds (PPTs) will be measured using an pressure algometer commander over potential trigger points (TrPs) on the body for upper fiber of trapezius, and sternocleidomastoid muscle.
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Hand Grip Force	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-08-11
• Primary completion: 2020-08-16
• Completion: 2020-10-18
• First posted: 2018-11-29
• Last updated: 2020-11-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia