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Excessive smartphone use can disrupt your sleep, which can have a serious impact on your overall mental health. It can impact your memory, affect your ability to think clearly, and reduce your cognitive and learning skills. Encouraging self-absorption.
Persistent failed attempts to use cell phone less often. Preoccupation with smartphone use. Turns to cell phone when experiencing unwanted feelings such as anxiety or depression. Excessive use characterized by loss of sense of time.
Nomophobia-an abbreviation of "no-mobile-phone-phobia"-is also called "cell phone addiction." Symptoms include: Experiencing anxiety or panic over losing your phone. Obsessively checking for missed calls, emails, and texts.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| participants use smartphone less than 4 hours per day | participants use smartphone less than 4 hours per day | ||
| participants use smartphone more than 4 hours per day | participants use smartphone more than 4 hours per day |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| the neck flexion angle | flexion angle of the neck | the neck flexion angle at day 0 |
| the neck flexion angle | flexion angle of the neck | the neck flexion angle at day 120 |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| hand grip power | power of hand | power of hand at date 0 |
| hand grip power | power of hand | power of hand at date 120 |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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healthy volunteers using smartphone less or more than 4 hours per day have not any signes of musculoskeletal problems
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Nehad A Abo-zaid, lecturer | South Valley University, Faculty of Physical Therapy | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nehad ahmed youness | Asyut | Egypt |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 25393825 | Background | Hansraj KK. Assessment of stresses in the cervical spine caused by posture and position of the head. Surg Technol Int. 2014 Nov;25:277-9. |
| 18804001 | Background | Grimmer-Somers K, Milanese S, Louw Q. Measurement of cervical posture in the sagittal plane. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2008 Sep;31(7):509-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.08.005. |