Evaluating hand performance and strength in children with high rates of smartphone usage: an observational study

Radwan, Nadia L.; Ibrahim, Mohamed F.; Mahmoud, Walaa H.

doi:10.1589/jpts.32.65

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“…Another study compared between two young adults groups over smartphones overuse (high, low) based on smartphone addiction scale with a non-smartphone users group as a control group, in which it was found that high-frequency smartphone users had enlarged median nerve, more pain at the thumb, decreased pinch strength and hand functions in comparison to low-frequency smartphone users 8 . With regards to the reduction of hand and pinch strength and overall hand performance among children, similar results were reported among high-frequency smartphone users 11 . Majority of the former studies reported adverse effects of smartphone overuse over the hands, neck, median and ulnar nerve integrity.…”

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“…The number of studies which investigated the association between smartphone addiction/overuse and at least the hand-grip strength or pinch-grip strength are limited. A study compared hand-grip and pinch-grip strength between high-frequency smartphone users and low-frequency smartphone users among children 11 . The study reported that the higher frequency smartphone users had reduced hand and pinch-grip strength in comparison to the lower frequency smartphone users.…”

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The relationship between smartphone usage duration (using smartphone’s ability to monitor screen time) with hand-grip and pinch-grip strength among young people. An observational study

Osailan

2020

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BackgroundThe use of smartphones has become widely popular especially among young people for multiple purposes other than communication including gaming and internet browsing. The weakness of the hand and wrist is one of the main complications associated with the increase of use of smartphones. This weakness occurs due to the repetitive flexion and extension of the wrist, thumb and fingers which eventually could lead to a major musculoskeletal pathology. Little is known about the relationship between smartphone usage duration (using the phones ability to monitor screen time) and hand-grip, pinch-grip strength. Therefore, the study was aimed to investigate the association between smartphone usage duration and hand-grip, pinch-grip strength among young people. Methods100 young males volunteered to participate in the study. Participants were briefly examined for height and weight using a portable stadiometer and a digital scale. Hand-grip, pinch-grip strength measurement was performed using a hand-held dynamometer. Smartphones usage duration was obtained from the daily average screen time reported in the last seven days. ResultsMean daily usage of smartphone among the participants was 7.8 ± 2.2. There was a significant inverse relationship between smartphone usage duration and hand-grip strength (r=-.22, p=.03) and pinch-grip strength (r=-.28, p=.004). ConclusionProlonged use of smartphones is related to weaker hand-grip and pinch-grip. This may lead to future musculoskeletal pathologies such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Young people should be aware of the dangers of smartphones overuse.

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The relationship between smartphone usage duration (using smartphone’s ability to monitor screen time) with hand-grip and pinch-grip strength among young people. An observational study

Osailan

2020

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“…Another study compared between two young adults groups over smartphones overuse (high, low) based on smartphone addiction scale with a non-smartphone users group as a control group, in which it was found that high-frequency smartphone users had enlarged median nerve, more pain at the thumb, decreased pinch strength and hand functions in comparison to lowfrequency smartphone users [8]. Regarding the reduction of hand and pinch-strength and overall hand performance among children, similar results were reported among high-frequency smartphone users [11]. Majority of the former studies reported adverse effects of smartphone overuse over the hands, neck, median and ulnar nerve integrity.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…The number of studies investigating the association between smartphone addiction/overuse and at least the hand-grip strength or pinch-grip strength is limited. A study compared hand-grip and pinch-grip strength between high-frequency smartphone users and lowfrequency smartphone users among children [11]. The study reported that the higher frequency smartphone users had reduced hand and pinch-grip strength compared to the lower frequency smartphone users.…”

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confidence: 99%

The relationship between smartphone usage duration (using smartphone’s ability to monitor screen time) with hand-grip and pinch-grip strength among young people: an observational study

Osailan

2021

BMC Musculoskelet Disord

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Background The use of smartphones has become widely popular, especially among young people, for multiple purposes other than communication, including gaming and internet browsing. The hand and wrist weakness is one of the main complications associated with the increased use of smartphones. This weakness occurs due to the repetitive flexion and extension of the wrist, thumb, and fingers, leading to a significant musculoskeletal pathology. Little is known about the relationship between smartphone usage duration (using the phones ability to monitor screen time) and hand-grip, pinch-grip strength. Therefore, the study was aimed to investigate the association between smartphone usage duration and hand-grip, pinch-grip strength among young people. Methods One hundred young males volunteered to participate in the study. Participants were briefly examined for height and weight using a portable stadiometer and a digital scale. Hand-grip, pinch-grip strength measurement was performed using a hand-held dynamometer. Smartphones usage duration was obtained from the daily average screen time reported in the last seven days. Results Mean daily usage of smartphone among the participants was 7.8 ± 2.2. There was a weak significant inverse relationship between smartphone usage duration and hand-grip strength (r=-.22, p = .03) and pinch-grip strength (r=-.28, p = .004). Linear regression revealed that 18.8 % of the variance in hand-grip strength and 20.4 % of the variance in pinch-grip strength was explained by age, and smartphone usage duration, with the addition of BMI only to hand-grip strength (p’s < 0.00). Conclusions Prolonged use of smartphones was related to weaker hand-grip and pinch-grip. Despite the weak relationship, the study showed that smartphone usage duration might contribute as a factor along with age to hand muscles’ strength.

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“…Several studies have found that smartphones have various social and medical bene ts (5). Young children have become keen smartphone users as a result of their social involvement with communication technologies (6). This is because these portable gadgets may serve as a phone, internet browser, camera, e-mail service, multimedia player and navigation system, in addition to facilitating social networking and game play (7).…”

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Hand Performance and Strength Evaluation in Smartphone users in the Healthy Population: A Study Protocol

Bhamra

Naqvi

Arora

2021

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Introduction: This study investigated the interactive effects between the levels of smartphone use on hand-grip strength and functional hand performance in young people. High levels of smartphone use diminished hand-grip strengths as well as and hand function that results in a reduction of handgrip strength of dominant hands in smartphone users. To create a self-diagnostic scale that could tell the difference between smartphone addicts and non-addicts. The smartphone addiction scale short version (SAS-SV) was shown to be reliable and accurate. The qDASH (Questionnaire for Disorders of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand) is an automatic management region-specific outcome device designed to assess upper-extremity impairment along with symptoms. The key component of the qDASH is an 11-item disability/symptom scale.Method: The observational cross-sectional study will be including 70 participants aged between 16 to 29 years from Ravi Nair College of Physiotherapy, India for study as per exclusion and inclusion criteria. Intervention, the span of the duration of analysis of the study will be 6 months. The Hand Dynamometer will be used, SAS-SV and qDASH questionnaire will be used to evaluate the smartphone addiction and assess the upper extremity functional independency.Discussion: The Study will evaluate the hand performance and strength of smartphone in healthy participants. There was a link between smartphone addiction and hand-grip strength and upper-limb disability. There is a dismissive impact on youthful participants during the overuse of smartphone on their hand functions.The Institutional Ethical Clearance reference number for this study is RNPC/IEC/2020-21/0013.

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Evaluating hand performance and strength in children with high rates of smartphone usage: an observational study

Cited by 20 publications

References 38 publications

The relationship between smartphone usage duration (using smartphone’s ability to monitor screen time) with hand-grip and pinch-grip strength among young people. An observational study

The relationship between smartphone usage duration (using smartphone’s ability to monitor screen time) with hand-grip and pinch-grip strength among young people. An observational study

The relationship between smartphone usage duration (using smartphone’s ability to monitor screen time) with hand-grip and pinch-grip strength among young people: an observational study

Hand Performance and Strength Evaluation in Smartphone users in the Healthy Population: A Study Protocol

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