Clinical trial NCT04641208: Time Need to Detect Mobile Phone Use to Prevent Muscle Fatigue
Official title: Relation Between Muscle Fatigue And Time Use Of Smartphone In School Age Children
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Mobile Phone Use
Lead sponsor: MTI University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-11-23
Enrollment: 150
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 12
Maximum age (years): 14
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All subjects shouldn't use the phone for an hour before the measurement Each child setting in a chair with their feet on the floor and the elbow slight flexion, holding a smartphone in favorite position of used smart phone using EMG surface electrode to record the muscle activity of the upper trapezius (UT), brachioradialis (BR), flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU), and abductor pollicis brevis (APB) during phone operation EMG signals are detected and the motor unite potential are measured until detecting changes in motor action potential. The root mean square (RMS) of the signal will be calculated, and were normalized to the EMG data maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVIC)

Brief summary: Using a smart phone while adopting a poor posture can cause various physical problems. The neck and shoulders are particularly vulnerable to pain due to smart phone use, with the muscles showing a high level of muscle fatigue, resulting in exhaustion and pain, Therefore, determining the durable time to use the smart phone will protect us from abnormal posture and protect our muscle and ligaments.

Furthermore avoid the incorrect position of use smartphone position.

Detailed description: -Purpose of the study:

To investigate the electrical muscle activity during used mobile phone

-Back ground :

Using a smart phone while adopting a poor posture can cause various physical problems. The neck and shoulders are particularly vulnerable to pain due to smart phone use, with the muscles showing a high level of muscle fatigue, resulting in exhaustion and pain, Therefore, determining the durable time to use the smart phone will protect us from abnormal posture and protect our muscle and ligaments.

Furthermore avoid the incorrect position of use smartphone position.

-Hypotheses:

There are no statistical significant relation between time of used smart phone and muscle fatigue.

-Subjects:

One hundred fifty healthy children of both genders will participate in this study.

* Inclusion criteria:

  1. Their ages ranges from 12-14 years.
  2. Subjects of school age childhood.
  3. Not rolled on any regular athletic activity.
  4. Children should be at the same socioeconomic level.
* Exclusion criteria:

  1. Individual with neck pain
  2. Any upper limb and spinal deviation.
  3. Worker children.
* Instrumentation:

  •Surface Electromyography (EMG)
* Design of the study:

All subjects shouldn't use the phone for an hour before the measurement Each child setting in a chair with their feet on the floor and the elbow slight flexion, holding a smartphone in favorite position of used smart phone.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Their ages ranges from 12-14 years.
2. Subjects of school age childhood.
3. Not rolled on any regular athletic activity.
4. Children should be at the same socioeconomic level

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Individual with neck pain
2. Any upper limb and spinal deviation.
3. Worker children.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Maximum voluntary contraction and Root main square
timeFrame: 1 day
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Giza
country: Egypt
facility: Faculty of Pysical Therapy, 6 Oct University
Study officials:
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