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Influence of Smartphone Addiction Grade on Cervical Pain in Young Adults


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Articles
Publisher
Indus Foundation For Education, Research And Socia
Publishing Date
01-Jan-2018
volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
17-19

Abstract: Background: Smartphone usage has increased over the past few years. Due to the internet usage that the smartphone provides, it is extensively used by younger population. Overuse of smartphones is known to cause various musculoskeletal, visual and psychological problems which are an important aspect affecting health and wellbeing of young adults. Thus, this study aimed at assessing the smartphone addiction grades and its influence on cervical pain in young adults. Materials and methods: Young asymptomatic adults (N=60) with 25 males (n=25) and 35 females (35) between the age group of 19-35 years (mean age= 21.85 years) were assessed for smartphone addiction into low, medium and high addiction grades and cervical pain during or immediately after using a smartphone in the past 1 week using the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS). Result: There is a significant difference in the cervical pain in low versus medium smartphone users (p=0.0026) and low versus high smartphone users (p<0.0001) but no significant difference in neck pain in medium versus high smartphone users (p=0.0718). Conclusion: The study concludes that as the smartphone addiction increases, the cervical pain reported by the study population also increased.