Exploring Risk of Posture and Musculoskeletal Disorders among Smartphone Addicted Youth: a Protocol Paper

Exploring Risk of Posture and Musculoskeletal Disorders among Smartphone Addicted Youth: a Protocol Paper

Musculoskeletal discomfort, Risk of posture, Smartphone addiction, Youth

Smartphoneswith rapid advancement in telecommunication technology causing high usage leads to addiction,especially among youth. Concerning health, smartphone addiction influencesposture causing neck-shoulder pain. However, the mechanism ofhow smartphone addiction causespain related to posture control is still doubtful. Anticipatory feed-forward motor control mechanism has proposed that smartphone usage is a static low-level activity influenced by muscle fatigue and discomfort. Therefore, this study aimedto explore neck-shoulder muscle fatigue,particularly at the upper trapezius aboutsmartphone addiction behaviors and adopted posture while using smartphonesamong youth. This study aimsto investigate the relationship between smartphone addiction, risk of posture and therelationship between trapezius muscle fatigue, and neck-shoulder pain among youth

NawawiR1, ZainI1, IsmailI1,ZainN

https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/IJOSH/article/view/50072/46195

PhysiotherapyDepartment, School of Health Sciences, KPJ Healthcare University, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia,2Medical Imaging Department, School of Health Sciences, KPJ Healthcare University, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia

1.01.2024

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