De Quervain Tenosynovitis, Smartphone Addiction
Conditions
Keywords
De quervain tenosynovitis, Egyptian medical students, Cairo University, Smartphone addiction, Prevelance
Brief summary
To investigate the prevelance of the de quervain tenosynovitis among the Egyptian medical students with smartphone addiction
Detailed description
Addictive participants will be assigned and enrolled in the study according to there addiction score on smartphone addiction scale. Participants will receive a Finkelstein test for both dominant and non dominant hand for the de quervain tenosynovitis. Then the strentgh of both hand grip and pinch grip for both hands will be tested using hand grip strength dynamometer and pinch strentgh dynamometer.
Interventions
DEVICEHand grip strength dynamometer, pinch strength dynamometer
Both devices will be used to assign the strength of grip and pinch for both dominant and non dominant hands by using jamar hydraulic hand grip strength dynamometer and Jamar hydraulic pinch strength dynamometer
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTFinkelstein test
Finkelstein test which is used to diagnose the de quervain tenosynovitis and it will be used to assist the people with smartphone addiction
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Asymptomatic students with normal healthy state * Any student in all the academic years with age 18-25 * Addictive smart phone users with score over 31 for male and 33 for female students in smart phone addiction scale. * Who own or use mobile. * Both genders: male and female * Willing to participate. * Egyptian students
Exclusion criteria
* Those who don't have mobile phone. * Any previous injury or trauma or surgery and a history of rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and deformities and changes in the shape of the finger joints. * Those who are not willing to participate. * Non-Egyptian students.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Dominant hand grip strength and Non-Dominant hand grip strength by the using of jamar hydraulic grip strength dynamometer | 1 Day |
| Dominant hand pinch strength and non-dominant hand pinch strength by the using of jamar hydraulic pinch strength dynamometer | 1 Day |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The degree of pain during the finkelstein test by the using of visual analoug scale | 1 Day | The visual analoug scale (vas) will be used to identify the degree of pain that the participant felt during the finkelstein test the scale values are from 0mm to 100mm 0mm means he didn't feel any pain which is good, 100mm means he felt the morst pain which is bad |
Contacts
Primary ContactMaher Ahmed ElKeblawy, PhD of physical therapy
Outcome results
None listed