NCT05871047

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

Prevalence of Nerd Neck Between Different Students at Taibah University, Saudi Arabia; Cross Section Design

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 82 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taibah University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 24 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

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?

Conditions

• CERVICAL

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	tragus to wall distance (TWD), craniovertebral angle (CVA) by smart phone application	Applying photogrammetric method for CVA by smart phone application and measure nerd neck objectively from both sitting and standing positions. Also, tragus to wall distance method was used to detect degree of nerd neck from the standing position.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-31
• Primary completion: 2022-04-18
• Completion: 2022-04-18
• First posted: 2023-05-23
• Last updated: 2023-05-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia