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NCT Number: NCT04715009

Smartphone Use and Neck Flexion Angle

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Neck Disorder

Age range

12 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Nehad ahmed youness

Asyut, Egypt

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

  • low back pain surgeries affecting upper limps

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. the neck flexion angle

    Time frame: the neck flexion angle at day 0

    flexion angle of the neck

  2. the neck flexion angle

    Time frame: the neck flexion angle at day 120

    flexion angle of the neck

Secondary outcomes

  1. hand grip power

    Time frame: power of hand at date 0

    power of hand

  2. hand grip power

    Time frame: power of hand at date 120

    power of hand

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

South Valley University

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Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Smartphone Use on Neck Flexion Angle and Hand Grip Power Among Adolescence

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Jan 20, 2021
Registry last updated
Mar 17, 2021

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