Clinical trial NCT04631523: Investigation of the Relationship Between Internet Gaming Disorder and Sensorimotor Functions in Adolescents
Official title: Investigation of the Relationship Between Internet Gaming Disorder and Reaction Time, Motor Dexterity, Neck Posture and Proprioception in Adolescents
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Internet Gaming Disorder
Keywords: internet gaming disorder
fine motor skills
adolescent
sensorimotor function
Lead sponsor: Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-11-17
Enrollment: 78
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: This study will include 60 male adolescents diagnosed with Internet Gaming Disorder by the psychiatrist in Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Istanbul. The individuals who volunteers and meets the inclusion criteria will be included in the study.

Brief summary: Using computer for long have been shown to cause vision problems, musculoskeletal pain particularly in neck, postural deviations, obesity and physical inactivity in several studies. The relation between obesity and physical activity, neck pain and postural deviations with altered sensorimotor function has been also shown with many studies. However, there were not enough study that assess sensorimotor congruence such as proprioception and reaction time in adolescents diagnosed with Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD). This study aimed to evaluate the proprioception and reaction time and investigate its relation with the relationship with neck pain, proprioception and reaction time in adolescents with IGD.

Detailed description: The aim of this study is to evaluate reaction time, motor dexterity, cervical posture and proprioception and its relationship with Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) in adolescents. It's anticipated that 60 adolescents aged between 10-18 years will be included to this study (30 healthy adolescent; 30 adolescent with IGD. After recording sociodemografic data of participants, age of starting to use the internet, the age of starting to play games on the internet, the time spent on the internet, the name and type of the game played will be questioned. The presence of musculoskeletal pain and its localization, if any, will be recorded. The severity of internet addiction will be assessed with Internet Addiction Scale, motor dexterity will be assessed with The 9 Hole Peg Test, reaction time of upper extremity will be assessed with Ruler Drop Method, the severity of forward head posture will be assessed with Cervical Range of Motion (CROM) device, and lastly, proprioception of cervical region will be assessed with Joint Position Error which will be evaluated CROM device. All parameters will be compared between healthy adolescents and adolescents with IGD.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

For healthy group as follows:

* being male in age between 10-18 years old
* having accepted the research on a voluntary basis and signed the informed consent.

For the experimental group, being diagnosed with IGD according to DSM-5 is an additional criterion.

Exclusion Criteria:

* being diagnosed with psychotic, bipolar, or autism spectrum disorder
* the presence of mental retardation in the child or family that prevents answering the questions and following the instructions properly in clinical assessment
* Use of psychotropic drugs.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Internet Addiction Scale
timeFrame: baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: 9 Hole Peg Test
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Ruler Drop Method
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Forward Head Posture
timeFrame: baseline
measure: Proprioception
timeFrame: baseline
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa
Study officials:
affiliation: İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa
name: Ebru KAYA MUTLU, PT, Assoc, Prof
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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