Comparing the effect of the posture of using smartphones on head and neck angles among college students

Sarraf, Faeze; Varmazyar, Sakineh

doi:10.1080/00140139.2022.2047229

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“…Also there was insignificant association between neck posture and frequency f neck pain. 21 Besides neck pain and discomfort, most of the students mentioned other health issues as well. Anemia is the most common (30%) followed by calcium deficiency (20%), muscular or joint pain (16%), and psychiatric issues (16%).…”

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Association of Text Neck Pain with prolonged Studying and Excessive Smart Phone Usage Among Medical Students

Hassnain¹,

Latif²,

Arshad³

et al. 2022

J. Bahria Uni. Med. Dent. Coll.

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Objective: Globally, neck pain is the most frequent pain, rating fourth among the disabilities. Text neck pain is an emergent epidemiological problem, especially among young adults. This study aims to check the frequency of text neck syndrome in both prolonged studying and excessive smartphone usage amongst the young undergraduates of medical college. Study Design and Setting: A cross-sectional study was conducted among at Central Medical College, Lahore. Methodology: The data was collected using a self-designed questionnaire.118 medical students were included in the study. The designed questionnaire gathered information on age, gender, academic year, any health issue, the experience of pain or discomfort, hours for use of any electronic device, and book reading. The reliability was 62% using Cronbach’s alpha. Data were analyzed using SPSS 26. Results: The mean age of the study participants was 22.35 +1.85 years. About 93.2% of the medical students reported discomfort or pain in the neck, shoulder, or back. About 74.6% of the female medical students and 54.5% of male students suffered from headaches with neck pain. The most used device was mobile among 94.1% of students. Experience of pain and discomfort was significantly associated with the number of hours consumed in using the device. Conclusion: The frequency of text neck pain is found to be 93.2%, which is very high among the young population and smartphones are found to be the highest risk factor; use of laptop being the second most common. Female students comparatively suffer more from frequent pain and discomfort.

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Association of Text Neck Pain with prolonged Studying and Excessive Smart Phone Usage Among Medical Students

Hassnain¹,

Latif²,

Arshad³

et al. 2022

J. Bahria Uni. Med. Dent. Coll.

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“…In order to assess the forward head posture of the individuals four well established angles were used (Figure 3): Craniovertebral Angle (CVA) [9,13,26,27], Head-Tilt Angle (HTA) [28,13], Forward-Shoulder Angle (FSA) [8,28] and Head-Position Angle (HPA) [29,22]. In order to determine the HPA, we decided to use the tip…”

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“…Thus, according to this finding, this site cannot be a valid point for determining the HPA. To distinguish this angle from the one reported earlier [29,22], in this study, we will use the following term for HPA -Adjusted Head-Position Angle (AHPA). The open-source software Computer Vision Annotation Tool (CVAT) was used to annotate the required anatomical landmarks.…”

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“…This means that the body points used to define the line that forms the angle are not necessarily the same. Most of the time the HTA is defined as the angle between the line through the tragus and canthus and the horizontal line through the tragus [17][18][19][20][21][22][23] (Figure 1(a)). But Mingels et al [24], for example, define HTA as the angle between the line through the tragus and canthus and the vertical line through the tragus (Figure 1(b)), Ormos et al [12] as the angle between the line of the tragus and the base of the nose and the horizontal line through the tragus (Figure 1(c)), and while Salahzadeh et al [25] define it as the angle between the line through the tragus and manubrium and the line through the tragus and chin(Figure1(d)).…”

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Holistic Approach for Markerless Head-Neck Posture Assessment

Bauer

2022

JHNSS

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With the increasing digitization at work and in the private sphere, the use of digital devices also on the rise. Particularly when using smart devices, the user unconsciously adopts a posture that deviates from a low-strain posture. The problem here is that daily use, in some cases over long periods of time, can lead to symptoms of overuse. In this study, the postural assessment of the upper-body is performed, and functional relationships between different postures are analyzed. To that end, the Craniovertebral Angle (CVA), the Head-Tilt Angle (HTA), the Forward-Shoulder Angle (FSA), and the Adjusted Head-Position Angle (AHPA) were markerless determined in 78 subjects. The volunteers were asked to perform four different body postures with the following conditions: an upright sitting position, with maximum head protraction, looking at a smartphone, and with maximum flexion of the head. The result indicates a significant decrease in the calculated angles in the measured postures when compared to the neutral head position. It was found that the position adopted has a significant influence on all measured angles, CVA, HTA, FSA, and AHPA. Depending on the body posture class, the mean CVA values were 53.9° for upright sitting position, 7.9° for maximally flexed head posture, 28.6° for maximal forward head, and 26.5° for using smartphone posture.

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“…This change in posture does not occur only in position of vertebra but is also associated with thinning of intervertebral disc, mechanical disadvantage of muscles of neck and vertebral joints [9]. All this biomechanical changes are risk factors for cervical spondylosis and other causes of neck pain [10][11][12].…”

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Effect of Extreme use of Mobile on Musculoskeletal System

Trivedi

2024

Act Scie Ortho

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Due to digitalization, mobile phones days are not just communication device but are much more than that. It is essential part of human life and play an importer role in everything from shopping, entertainment, banking etc. [1,2]. The extreme use of mobile phone may affect the overall health of mobile user [3]. There are so many physical, mental and emotional health effects can occur such as Headaches, Asthenopia (Eye strain), lack of concentration, joint pain, sleep deprivation, and lowered physical fitness etc [4]. In this article we will see some of the hazardous effects on musculoskeletal system due to the extreme use of mobile.

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Comparing the effect of the posture of using smartphones on head and neck angles among college students

Cited by 12 publications

References 25 publications

Association of Text Neck Pain with prolonged Studying and Excessive Smart Phone Usage Among Medical Students

Association of Text Neck Pain with prolonged Studying and Excessive Smart Phone Usage Among Medical Students

Holistic Approach for Markerless Head-Neck Posture Assessment

Effect of Extreme use of Mobile on Musculoskeletal System

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