Introduction- The text neck syndrome is a repetitive stress injury induced by prolonged neck flexion at different angles and pain sustained from excessive watching or texting on handheld devices for long periods. It should be referred to as "Modern Era Pain" due to its direct association with the modern era's Gadgets.
Aim - This study aimed to determine the prevalence of text neck syndrome and neck pain among college students and to find the effect of neck pain on their active daily lives.
Methodology - A personalized questionnaire was designed in the Google Forms and distributed among the around college students by using Snowball sampling techniques. The questionnaire contained four parts: consent letter, sociodemographic details, NDI questionnaire, and fourth part of questionnaire contained vas scale and personalized question about how neck pain impact their active daily life.
Result – Out of 283 responses, 36.5 percent of respondents reported mild text neck syndrome, 23.4 percent reported moderate, 2.1 percent reported severe and complete text neck syndrome, and 35.7 percent did not suffer text neck syndrome. And 73.4 % people reported mild to severe pain in neck and upper back region.
Conclusion- Prevalence of text neck syndrome is found greater in study as compared to the findings of other previous studies.
Key words: Neck pain, Pain of modern era, NDI, Upper back pain, Musculoskeletal disorder.
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