NCT05299684

Smartphone Addiction and Muscular Disorder

The Effect of Smartphone Addiction on the Musculoskeletal System

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 136 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Arel University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Background and aim: The use of smartphones, which has reached the level of addiction causes some physical and psychological health problems. The aim was to examine the musculoskeletal disorders of the neck and upper extremities of mobile phone addiction in a population of young adults. Methods: The study is a cross sectional research conducted on students of a university in İstanbul between December 2018-October 2020. The level of addiction was assessed with the Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Form (SAS-SF). The posture of participants was evaluated by New York Posture Rating Chart (NYPRC), mostly usage smartphone posture, forward head and myofascial trigger points were questioned according to Simon and Travel criteria. Mann-Whitney U test Pearson's chi-squared test were used for analyzing the data.

Conditions

• Myofascial Trigger Point

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	EVALUATION	The level of addiction was assessed with the Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Form (SAS-SF). The posture of participants was evaluated by New York Posture Rating Chart (NYPRC), mostly usage smartphone posture, forward head and myofascial trigger points were questioned according to Simon and Travel criteria. Mann-Whitney U test Pearson's chi-squared test were used for analyzing the data.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-12-01
• Primary completion: 2019-04-01
• Completion: 2020-10-01
• First posted: 2022-03-29
• Last updated: 2022-03-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)