Clinical trial NCT06598774: Cervical Parameters and Body Awareness in Relation to Smartphone Addiction
Official title: Does Smartphone Addiction Affect Cervical Spine Mobility, Head Posture, Body Awareness, and Pain Pressure Threshold?
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Conditions: Smartphone Addiction
Keywords: Smartphone
Cervical vertebrae
Range of motion
Pain
Lead sponsor: Atılım University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-09-19
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 25
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study population consists of smartphone users aged between 18 and 25.

Brief summary: The study was planned as a observational, cross-sectional study


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* being a smartphone user
* being between the ages of 18 and 25

Exclusion Criteria:

* neck pain
* radicular pain
* neurological symptoms
* cervical surgery or cervical trauma

Primary outcomes:
measure: Assessment of Body Awareness
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: Assessment of head posture
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: Assessment of Cervical Pain Pressure Threshold (PPT)
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: Assessment of general cervical mobility
timeFrame: Day 1
measure: Assessment of upper cervical mobility
timeFrame: Day 1
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Atılım University
Study officials:
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