Smartphone and Posture Control In Healthy Adolescents

Cairo University50 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Balance

Interventions

smartphoneDEVICE

modern technology

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 14 YearsMax age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Children age from 14 to 18 years old. * Both genders will be included. * Normal Body mass index (BMI) for age. * Children using smartphone for at least 1 year. Exclusion Criteria: * Obese children. * children with vestibular or visual problems. * Children with neurological disorders. * Children with congenital deformities or musculoskeletal disorders. * Children with cognitive impairment. * Injuries or inflammatory conditions involving the extremities.

Locations (1)

Esraa Abd Elaziz Anter Abd Elaziz

Cairo, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

center of pressure

a metric for measuring changes in posture control

Time frame: 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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