Effect of Mobile Phone Addiction With Forward Head Posture on Pain and Cervical Functions (FHP)

to investigate the effect of mobile phone addiction with forward head posture on the endurance of deep neck flexor muscles, respiratory functions, pain pressure threshold , and neck functional disability level.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Forward Head Posture

Detailed Description

Nowadays, the mobile phone has become an important requirement. The number of mobile phone users and the duration of mobile phone use are increasing rapidly, and the side effects can be detrimental one of them is forward head posture.

Prolonged use of the mobile phone has also affected posture, resulting in many musculoskeletal disorders or improper posture. Neck posture, particularly in a sitting position, is regarded an essential contributing factor to the development and long-term maintenance of cervical pain and headache. Neck flexed posture increased due to the frequent use of the relatively small screen of a mobile phone compared to that of a desktop computer. Constant use may also have unexpected consequences: increased stress on the cervical spine.

Forward head posture (FHP) is the most common side effect of prolonged, sustained mobile and tablet use. This leads to extension at atlantooccipital (C1 to C2) joints with flexion of lower cervical spine (C4 to C7) and flattening of mid cervical lordosis which cause joint dysfunction associated with negative affection of lung function, abnormal afferent information affecting the tonic neck reflex and encourages the gradual adaptation of FHP.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 138

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: AMal M Fayed, Master; Phone Number: 01029299592; Email: amalbahgat076@gmail.com

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Beheira, Egypt, 22744
    • Amal Mohammed Bahgat Fayed

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Adult both gender males and females, normal BMI, normal and forward head posture participants, addicted and not addicted to mobile phoine will be included in the study.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Forward head with craniovertebral angle less than 50 degree.
2. Both sexes will participate in this study.
3. Their age will be ranging from 18-40years (Molaeifar et al., 2021).
4. Body mass index is ranged from 18-25 kg /m2 (Molaeifar et al., 2021).
5. Area of mobile phone is 17 × 8cm.
6. Participants will be randomly allocated into 2 groups, group (A) should not have addicted to mobile phone and group (B) should have addicted to mobile phone.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Previous cervical operation.
2. Musculoskeletal disorders such as cervical spine fracture, myelopathy, spinal cord tumor.
3. Neurological conditions that affected head, neck, and upper limbs.
4. Cervical disc or spondylosis.
5. Respiratory diseases such as Restrictions in lung function.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Group A Not addicted to mobile phone; Addicted to mobile phone less than four hours per day.
Group B addicted to mobile phone; Addicted to mobile phone more than four hours per day.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pain pressure threshold	Pain pressure threshold will be measured by pressure algometer	one week
Respiratory functions	Respiratory functions including tidal volume and total lung capacity will be measured by incentive spirometer	one week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Endurance of deep neck flexor muscles	Endurance of deep neck flexor muscles will be measured by pressure biofeedback unit stabilizer	one week
Neck functional disability level	Neck functional disability level will be measure by Copenhagen Neck Functional Disability scale Arabic version	one week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cairo University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): August 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Estimated): October 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 19, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 19, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): August 25, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 25, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 19, 2023
• Last Verified: July 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Cervical function, Forward head posture, Mobile phone addiction, Pain
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Compulsive Behavior; Impulsive Behavior; Behavior, Addictive; Technology Addiction
• Other Study ID Numbers: P.T.REC/012/004269

Drug and device information, study documents

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