Correlation Between BMI and Craniovertebral Angle and Their Impact on Hand Grip Strength and Neck Functional Disability in Egyptian University Student

Objective: To find the relation between cranio-vertebral angle and hand grip strength in university student mobile users.

Design: cross sectional study. Setting: Ahram Candian University Subjects:100 male and female university students with age ranged from 20 to 30 years old will participate in this study.

Intervention: cross sectional study to detect the relation between cranio-vertebral angle and hand grip strength in university student mobile users.

Main measures:

• FHP app (Pyeongtaek, South Korea) mobile application
• Hand dynamometer (the JAMAR® Hydraulic Hand) (Lupton-Smith et al.,2022)
• Mechanical height and weight scale
• Visual Analogue Scale
• Arabic Neck Disability Index Results: The results will be obtained via one-way analyses of variance (ANOVA).

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Neck Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: • FHP app (Pyeongtaek, South Korea) mobile application

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 100

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Mohamed Ahmed, lecturer; Phone Number: 01006794075; Email: mohamed.ababa@yahoo.com
• Study Contact Backup: Name: Hanaa Ali, lecture; Phone Number: 01222686291; Email: hana.ali@nub.edu.eg

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

100 male and female patients Their ages will range from 20-30 years old. Their BMI will be between than 20- 30kg/m2, All of them suffer from mild degree of neck pain and They complain from neck pain for 1 month ago

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• • Their ages will range from 20-30 years old.

  • Their BMI will be between than 20- 30kg/m2.
  • All of them suffer from mild degree of neck pain.
  • The subjects complain from neck pain for 1 month ago
• Exclusion criteria:

Exclusion criteria were a history of any of the following condition:

• inflammatory diseases or any rheumatic disorders,
• a history of vertebral fractures
• surgical spinal fixation.
• •any neurological disorders like MS

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Group (A): Body mass index < 25	Other: • FHP app (Pyeongtaek, South Korea) mobile application; FHP app (Pyeongtaek, South Korea) mobile application ,is mobile application to asses cranio vertebral angle; Other Names: • Hand dynamometer; • Visual Analogue Scale; • Arabic Neck Disability Index
Group (B): Body mass index > 25	Other: • FHP app (Pyeongtaek, South Korea) mobile application; FHP app (Pyeongtaek, South Korea) mobile application ,is mobile application to asses cranio vertebral angle; Other Names: • Hand dynamometer; • Visual Analogue Scale; • Arabic Neck Disability Index

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
craniovertebral angle will measured by FHP (Forward Head Posture ) mobile application	It is a mobile application which is objective to detect the cervical posture by measuring the CV angle. It is an application that requires an Android version 4.0 or higher installed on a smartphone	baseline
Hand grip strength will measured by Hand dynamometer (the JAMAR® Hydraulic Hand)	it is tool used to asses hand grip strength	baseline
Pain level will measured by Visual Analogue Scale	VAS is a line with a length of 10 where one end (right) means no pain and the other means severe unbearable pain. Each patient was asked to put a mark on the line that mostly describe his or her pain intensity.	base line
Neck functional disability will assess by Arabic Neck Disability Index	it consist of 10 questions in total, including ones about pain intensity, personal care, lifting, reading, headaches, driving, concentration, work, sleeping, and recreation Each item is scored from 0 (no disability) to 5 (total disability)	baseline

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ahram Canadian University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): June 26, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 12, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 25, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): June 26, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 26, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 25, 2024
• Last Verified: June 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Neck Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: P.T - ORT- 4/2024-540

Drug and device information, study documents

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