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

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

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Neck Pain; Myofascial Pain Syndrome; Postural; Strain; Pain, Back
• Intervention / Treatment: Diagnostic test: Pain Pressure Threshold; Diagnostic test: Hand Grip Force

Detailed 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

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 600
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Saudi Arabia
  • Jazan
    • Riyadh, Jazan, Saudi Arabia, 45142
      • Jazan University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 19 years to 26 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. The participant will be right-handed.
2. No abnormal findings confirmed through physical and neurological examination.
3. No congenital abnormalities in either the cervical or the lumbar spine.
4. No history of severe surgical procedures ( Park et al., 2015) .

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of a neurological disease.
2. History of musculoskeletal injury of neck and lumbar region.
3. Unstable medical condition.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Regular user group; Their number: 300; female and male students, will earn 39 points or less of Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale. Pain Pressure Threshold and Hand Grip Force will Measured for them.	Diagnostic test: Pain Pressure Threshold; The pain pressure thresholds (PPTs) will be measured using an pressure algometer commander over potential trigger points (TrPs) on the body for upper fiber of trapezius, and sternocleidomastoid muscle.; Other Names: PPTs; Diagnostic test: Hand Grip Force; For measuring the grip strength, the subjects will be asked to sit on a chair with their hip joint flexed at 90 degree, and shoulder joint in a neutral position. The elbow is fixed at 90 degree flexion, forearm in a neutral position, and wrist at 0 to 15 degree radial deviation The test will be performed twice, and the higher value between the two measurements will be selected.
Active Comparator: Heavy user group; Their number: 300; female and male students, will earn 40 points or more of Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale. Pain Pressure Threshold and Hand Grip Force will Measured for them.	Diagnostic test: Pain Pressure Threshold; The pain pressure thresholds (PPTs) will be measured using an pressure algometer commander over potential trigger points (TrPs) on the body for upper fiber of trapezius, and sternocleidomastoid muscle.; Other Names: PPTs; Diagnostic test: Hand Grip Force; For measuring the grip strength, the subjects will be asked to sit on a chair with their hip joint flexed at 90 degree, and shoulder joint in a neutral position. The elbow is fixed at 90 degree flexion, forearm in a neutral position, and wrist at 0 to 15 degree radial deviation The test will be performed twice, and the higher value between the two measurements will be selected.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pain pressure threshold for upper fiber of trapezius muscle	Using Algometer to measure pain pressure for upper trapezius trigger point which lies in the more horizontal fibers of the upper trapezius on the back of the shoulder, about halfway between spine and the acromion on right and left side for 3 repetition for each	3 minutes
Pain pressure threshold for sternocleidomastoid muscle	Using Algometer to measure pain pressure for sternocleidomastoid muscle on right and left side for 3 repetition for each. Measurement will includes three sites on each side: 1. upper part of the sternal division of the muscle near to its insertion into the mastoid process. 2. he mid-part of the sternal division of the muscle. 3. lower end of this division near to its attachment to the sternum.	9 minutes
Hand Grip Force	For measuring the grip strength, the subjects will be asked to sit on a chair with their hip joint flexed at 90 degree, and shoulder joint in a neutral position. The elbow is fixed at 90 degree flexion, forearm in a neutral position, and wrist at 0 to 15 degree radial deviation.The test will be performed twice, and the higher value between the two measurements will be selected. The subjects are allowed a rest time of more than 5 minutes after the first measurement to avoid examiner bias and to decrease physical stress	15 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Wafaa Mahmoud Amin

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 11, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 16, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): October 18, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 23, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 27, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): November 29, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 10, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 7, 2020
• Last Verified: November 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Nervous System Diseases; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Disease; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases; Muscular Diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases; Compulsive Behavior; Impulsive Behavior; Behavior, Addictive; Syndrome; Back Pain; Fibromyalgia; Neck Pain; Myofascial Pain Syndromes; Internet Addiction Disorder
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0018827704

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided
• IPD Plan Description: there is no plan

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No