Smart Phone Addiction
Conditions
Keywords
whole body vibration, hand grip strength, muscle activity, upper limb function, smart phone addiction
Brief summary
Young adults have a high prevalence of smartphone addiction. Many adolescents use their smartphones extensively for communication, which starts out as a habit but eventually turns into an addiction. Numerous studies have shown that adolescents use social media for roughly ten hours every day.
Interventions
DEVICEWhole body vibration
Participants will be asked to sit on an chair without armrests close to the platform and will be asked to perform 90° shoulder flexion, bend both elbows slightly, flex the trunk forwards and place both hands on the platform.
Participants will receive the vibration with the device turned off.
Participants will use elastic resistance for the finger extension and flexion exercises, and ball to strength wrist flexors for two sets of 10 repetitions within a training session.
Sponsors
Cairo University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* High smartphone users according to the Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version (SAS- SV) * Body mass index (BMI) less than 30 kg/m² * Didn't receive regular exercise in the last 6 months.
Exclusion criteria
* Medical history of median nerve release, hand or thumb tendon lesion * Prior hand or wrist fractures * Medical history of hand injuries, and upper limb skin diseases * WBV contraindications include (joint issues, acute inflammations, back pain, epilepsy, diabetes, or neuromuscular disorders, or dizziness, any discomfort, and nausea)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hand grip strength | 4 weeks | Participants will be asked to perform maximum hand grip with the dominant hand with hold for 5 seconds, for three repetitions using the hand held dynamometer (dynamometer, Jamar, United States), a 60 seconds rest interval will be planned in between the repetitions. The mean of the three repetitions will used for calculation of hand grip strength. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pinch strength | 4 weeks | The participant will be asked to sit comfortably, with the pinch gauge between the index and middle fingers, and thumb, with the tested arm at the side with the elbow flexed 90 degrees. After five seconds of holding the pinch with full force, take a reading, repeat three times. |
| Muscle activity of flexor carpi radialis muscle | 4 weeks | Muscle activity will be measured utilizing electromyography (EMG) using the Delsys Trigno (DST01) system for flexor carpi radialis muscle. |
| Muscle activity for flexor carpi ulnaris muscle | 4 weeks | Muscle activity will be measured utilizing electromyography (EMG) using the Delsys Trigno (DST01) system for flexor carpi ulnaris muscle. |
| Muscle activity for extensor digitorum communis muscle | 4 weeks | Muscle activity will be measured utilizing electromyography (EMG) using the Delsys Trigno (DST01) system for extensor digitorum communis muscle. |
| Upper limb function | 4 weeks | The upper limb function will be assessed by using the Arms, Shoulders and Hands Disability Questionnaire (DASH) Quick, which is a validated and widely used 11-item questionnaire that evaluates certain impairments and symptoms in the upper limb. the score ranged from 0 to 100, the lower the score, the greater the results. While, higher scores represent the worst results. |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed