Smartphone Addiction and Isometric Strength of Rotator Cuff Muscles

Last updated: October 7, 2024
Sponsor: Cairo University
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

N/A

Treatment

handheld dynamometer

Clinical Study ID

NCT06633081
REC/PT/012/0167
  • Ages 18-30
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

To investigate the relationship between smartphone addiction and isometric rotator cuff muscles strength among adults

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 1- This study will comprise healthy volunteers between the ages of 18 and 30 whoneeded to use a smart phone.

2- Subjects who put in more than 4 hours per day using smartphone.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients will rule out if

  1. They had any medical condition that could cause shoulder pain (such asimpingement, subacromial bursitis, rotator cuff damage, or traumatic ordegenerative supraspinatus tendonitis).

  2. Anyone with a positive Neer sign, a positive Hawkins sign, discomfort duringshoulder elevation, pain at the location of the rotator cuff tendon, pain withresisted isometric shoulder abduction, or a history of pain in the C5 dermatomewill be ruled out.

  3. Any individual who had previously suffered a musculoskeletal injury or surgerythat could have influenced the measurement will be also eliminated.

Study Design

Total Participants: 300
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: handheld dynamometer
Phase:
Study Start date:
July 01, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
November 30, 2024

Study Description

Smartphones play an important role in human life because they are used for communication, accessing the internet, and gaming. The rate of smartphone usage has increased over the last decade, as has the duration and frequency of use. according to one study, 79 percent of people aged 18 to 44 spent almost all of their time on their smartphones, with only two hours of the day spent without one.

No previous study has found a link between smartphone addiction and isometric Rotator Cuff muscular strength, to the authors' knowledge. Therefore, the primary purpose of this study will be to determine the relationship between smartphone addiction and isometric rotator cuff muscles strength.

Connect with a study center

  • Outpatient clinic, faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University

    Giza, 12578
    Egypt

    Active - Recruiting

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