Clinical trial NCT05253950: Technology on the Occurrence of Muscoskeletal Disorders in Students
Official title: The Effect of Technology on the Occurrence of Muscoskeletal Disorders in Students of A&B
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Pain, Chronic
Posture Disorders in Children
Keywords: musculetical pain
electronic device
addiction
posture
Lead sponsor: University of Thessaly
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-02-24
Enrollment: 120
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 15
Maximum age (years): 17
Standard ages: CHILD
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: A sample of 120 people was collected from all over Greece, more specifically 7.6% belong to the region of Attica, 7.6% belong to the region of Western Greece, 0.8% belong to the region of Thessaly, 32.8% belong to the region of Central Macedonia and 51.3% belong to the region of Crete . Criteria for participation in the research were students who were competent, without psychiatric disorders who attended the A \& B High School, while the exclusion criteria from the research were students who have undergone surgery on the musculoskeletal system.

Brief summary: To investgate the long use of electronic devices that forces the person to adopt an uncomfortable posture which leads to the appearance of musculoskeletal disorders such as neck pain, thoracic pain, back pain and tendonitis of the upper extremities due to writing messages and especially when the person uses only one hand.

Detailed description: Due to the uncontrolled use of electronic devices, the purpose of this research is to initially prove that the long-term use of electronic devices is a factor in the occurrence of pain in the musculoskeletal system in students of A '\& B' of High school. A secondary question of the present study is the hypothesis that adopting the wrong posture while using smart devices plays an important role in the onset of symptoms in one or more parts of the body. Finally, the third research question of the present study concerns whether long-term use of electronic devices is responsible for reducing physical activity in students.

In order to prove the positive correlation between technology and musculoskeletal disorders but also to answer the above questions, a questionnaire was distributed online to one hundred and twenty students of A '\& B' Lyceum from all over Greece, which was promoted online. More specifically, the questionnaire included questions from two standard questionnaires, the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and the Nordic Muscuskeletal Questionnaire (NQS).In addition they completed a medical history and supplementary questions about their physical condition and the attitudes they adopt when using electronic devices.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* without psychiatric disorders
* attended the A \& B High School

Exclusion Criteria:

* undergone surgery on the musculoskeletal system

Primary outcomes:
measure: Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NQS)
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Internet Addiction Test (IAT)
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Internet Addiction Test (IAT)
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NGS)
timeFrame: 1 day
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lamía
country: Greece
facility: University of Thessaly
state: Central Macedonia
Study officials:
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