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This is a study to determine if smartphone use affect posture control in adolescents.
It is within subject repeated measure study to determine if touch screen use affect posture control in healthy adolescents.
200 normal adolescents between 14 and 18 years old will be included.
1st they will be assessed for posture control to determine normal values for their ages, then each child will be given smartphone to play a game while the sound is muted for 15 min then their balance will be re-assessed, finally they will use the phone for another 15 min but the children will use headphone piece this time then re-assess balance.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 group | 1 group will be assessed then will be given smartphone to use and assessed |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| smartphone | Device | modern technology |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| center of pressure | a metric for measuring changes in posture control | 6 months |
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Normal Adolescents
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Amira M Eltohamy | professor at Cairo university | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Esraa Abd Elaziz Anter Abd Elaziz | Cairo | Egypt |
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