Evaluation of Text Neck Syndrome and Hand Grip Force in Smart Phone Addiction Among Students of Jazan University

Neck Pain Clinical Trial

Official title: Evaluation of Text Neck Syndrome and Hand Grip Force in Smart Phone Addiction Among Students of Jazan University

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will be conducted in the Department of physical therapy, College of Applied Medical Sciences,Jazan University, to investigate text neck syndrome and hand grip force in smart phone addiction among students of jazan university

Clinical Trial Description

Four hundreds students with age 19 to 26 years old, and right dominant hand, will be recruited from the College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jazan University. Subjects will be randomly assigned to into a heavy user group (n=300; female and male students) and a control or regular use group (n=300; female and male students) according to their smartphone addiction proneness scale.

Baseline hydraulic hand dynamometer: (Fabrication Enterprises Incorporated, White Plains,New York, USA) is used to measure the hand grip strength and pinch strength.

Algometer Commander (JTech Medical Company) is used on the location of the trigger point to assess the amount of pressure the patient could sustain before the patient registered the pressure as being painful for upper fiber of trapezius muscle and sternocleidomastoid muscle ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Myofascial Pain Syndrome
• Myofascial Pain Syndromes
• Neck Pain
• Pain, Back
• Postural; Strain
• Syndrome

• NCT number: NCT03757520
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Jazan
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 11, 2019
• Completion date: October 18, 2020