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Do smartphone addiction cause bad posture in teenagers

Effect of Smartphone Dependency on Adolescent Cervical Posture: A Cross-sectional study - nil

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/01/079251
Enrollment
212
Registered
2025-01-22
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-02-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: NIL: NIL Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL

Sponsors

KAHER Institute of Physiotherapy
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: BMI less then 95 percentile spend at least 4 hours per day on smartphone

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Genetic spinal deformity Injury to the neck history of surgical intervention

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Test of mobile phone dependency questionnaire Timepoint: Baseline - T0 at the time of pre assessment—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Craniovertebral angle by APECS appTimepoint: BASELINE - T0 at the time of pre assessment—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactShalini Pathak

KAHER institute of Physiotherpay

drdeepa_metgud@yahoo.com9845861236

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026