TY - JOUR
T1 - The short-term effect of smartphone usage on the upper-back postures of university students
AU - Cochrane, Maria Elizabeth
AU - Tshabalala, Muziwakhe Daniel
AU - Hlatswayo, Nkateko Climax
AU - Modipana, Rosina Mahlatse
AU - Makibelo, Pertunia Phuti
AU - Mashale, Exaggerate Potego
AU - Pete, Lerato Caroline
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - © 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license. The purpose of the current study was to determine the short-term effects of smartphone usage on the upper-back postures of university students. Sixty-three students completed a self-administered questionnaire and photographic postural analysis. Smartphone usage significantly affected shoulder protraction on the non-dominant side (p = 0.000); thoracic kyphosis (p = 0.000); lateral neck flexion (p = 0.029 left and p = 0.001 right) and pelvic obliquity (p = 0.000 left and right). The results indicate that smartphones negatively affect the postures of university students and may result in severe long-term clinical implications such as chronic neck-, thoracic- and low back pain, headaches and decreased concentration.
AB - © 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license. The purpose of the current study was to determine the short-term effects of smartphone usage on the upper-back postures of university students. Sixty-three students completed a self-administered questionnaire and photographic postural analysis. Smartphone usage significantly affected shoulder protraction on the non-dominant side (p = 0.000); thoracic kyphosis (p = 0.000); lateral neck flexion (p = 0.029 left and p = 0.001 right) and pelvic obliquity (p = 0.000 left and right). The results indicate that smartphones negatively affect the postures of university students and may result in severe long-term clinical implications such as chronic neck-, thoracic- and low back pain, headaches and decreased concentration.
KW - posture
KW - smartphones
KW - university students
KW - upper-back
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U2 - 10.1080/23311916.2019.1627752
DO - 10.1080/23311916.2019.1627752
M3 - Article
SN - 2331-1916
VL - 6
JO - Cogent Engineering
JF - Cogent Engineering
IS - 1
M1 - 1627752
ER -