Texting and writing are common hand activities among college students. Students tend to spend increasing hours of texting and writing for every day activities in addition to the academic assignments that are mainly on line and through distance education. The effect of such daily activities on hand grip and key pinch strength has not been studied among college students.
Students will be recruited from physical therapy department of college of medical rehabilitation sciences after satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the four groups (texting 10 minutes, texting 15 minutes, writing 10 minutes and writing 15 minutes). Participants will be blinded to the outcome measures and the evaluator will be blinded to the participants assigned group. Hand grip strength and key pinch strength will be the main outcome measures. Participants demographics will be gathered in addition to recreational status, risk factors, pain body diagram and number of hours spent for texting and writing in every day life.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
50
Participants will practice texting for 10 minutes using smart phone.
Participants will practice writing on notebook for 10 minutes.
Participants will practice texting for 15 minutes using smart phone.
College of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences
Madinah, Saudi Arabia
College of medical rehabilitation sciences
Madinah, Saudi Arabia
Hand grasp Hand grasp
Grip strength of the right- hand dominant will be measured at two wrist positions.
Time frame: Up to 12 weeks
Key pinch
Key pinch strength of the right- hand dominant will be measured.
Time frame: Up to 12 weeks
Borg CR-10
Rating the perceived exertion just after hand activity session.
Time frame: Up to 12 weeks
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Participants will practice writing on notebook for 15 minutes.