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

CERVICAL Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05871047
• Other study ID #: wragab
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 31, 2022
• Est. completion date: April 18, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: Taibah University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial 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?

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 82
• Est. completion date: April 18, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: April 18, 2022
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• A convenient sample of 82 female students

• the age was between 18-24 years

• Students were recruited from practical and non-practical faculties at taibah university.

Exclusion Criteria:

• we excluded Any student with previous neck or back surgery or history of previous accident

• Also, any student with history of cervical column fracture injury, scoliosis, severe thoracic kyphosis, torticollis, persistent respiratory problems, rheumatic disease.

• also we excluded any student with loss of standing balance and user of hearing aid

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• CERVICAL

Intervention

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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Saudi Arabia	Taibah University	Medina

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Taibah University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Saudi Arabia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	the prevalence of nerd neck	we measured nerd neck by calculating CVA by tragus wall distance test from standing position	one day