The Relationship Between Using Smartphones andText Neck Syndrome in Online Learning Among University Students in Jordan: A Survey Study

CONCLUSIONS: 1. Smartphones are widely becoming essential in educational technology, and more concern should be expended to increase the awareness about optimal and healthy usage of smartphones by restricting usage duration in order to reduce neck and shoulder pain and associated poor functioning in daily living activities. 2. Poor patterns of smartphone use increase the likelihood of neck pain. 3. Neck movement limitations are not associated with age or gender. 4. Students who did not report limitation in neck movement were less likely to have difficulty with reading.PMID:38410068 | DOI:10.5604/01.3001.0054.2883

Source: Ortopedia Traumatologia Rehabilitacja - February 27, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Mohannad Hawamdeh Saad M Al-Nassan Sakher M Obaidat Amjad Shallan Ziad M Hawamdeh Owis Eilayyan Thamer A Altaim Fahad Alanazi Source Type: research