Effect of Whole Body Vibration in Young Females With Smartphone Addiction

Cairo University66 enrolled

Overview

Young adults have a high prevalence of smartphone addiction. Many adolescents use their smartphones extensively for communication, which starts out as a habit but eventually turns into an addiction. Numerous studies have shown that adolescents use social media for roughly ten hours every day.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Smart Phone Addiction

Interventions

Whole body vibrationDEVICE

Participants will be asked to sit on an chair without armrests close to the platform and will be asked to perform 90° shoulder flexion, bend both elbows slightly, flex the trunk forwards and place both hands on the platform.

Sham Whole body vibrationDEVICE

Participants will receive the vibration with the device turned off.

Strengthening exercisesOTHER

Participants will use elastic resistance for the finger extension and flexion exercises, and ball to strength wrist flexors for two sets of 10 repetitions within a training session.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 25 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * High smartphone users according to the Smartphone Addiction Scale Short Version (SAS- SV) * Body mass index (BMI) less than 30 kg/m² * Didn't receive regular exercise in the last 6 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Medical history of median nerve release, hand or thumb tendon lesion * Prior hand or wrist fractures * Medical history of hand injuries, and upper limb skin diseases * WBV contraindications include (joint issues, acute inflammations, back pain, epilepsy, diabetes, or neuromuscular disorders, or dizziness, any discomfort, and nausea)

Locations (1)

Faculty of physical therapy

Giza, Giza Governorate, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Hand grip strength

Participants will be asked to perform maximum hand grip with the dominant hand with hold for 5 seconds, for three repetitions using the hand held dynamometer (dynamometer, Jamar, United States), a 60 seconds rest interval will be planned in between the repetitions. The mean of the three repetitions will used for calculation of hand grip strength.

Time frame: 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

pinch strength

The participant will be asked to sit comfortably, with the pinch gauge between the index and middle fingers, and thumb, with the tested arm at the side with the elbow flexed 90 degrees. After five seconds of holding the pinch with full force, take a reading, repeat three times.

Time frame: 4 weeks

Muscle activity of flexor carpi radialis muscle

Muscle activity will be measured utilizing electromyography (EMG) using the Delsys Trigno (DST01) system for flexor carpi radialis muscle.

Time frame: 4 weeks

Muscle activity for flexor carpi ulnaris muscle

Muscle activity will be measured utilizing electromyography (EMG) using the Delsys Trigno (DST01) system for flexor carpi ulnaris muscle.

Time frame: 4 weeks

Muscle activity for extensor digitorum communis muscle

Muscle activity will be measured utilizing electromyography (EMG) using the Delsys Trigno (DST01) system for extensor digitorum communis muscle.

Time frame: 4 weeks

Upper limb function

The upper limb function will be assessed by using the Arms, Shoulders and Hands Disability Questionnaire (DASH) Quick, which is a validated and widely used 11-item questionnaire that evaluates certain impairments and symptoms in the upper limb. the score ranged from 0 to 100, the lower the score, the greater the results. While, higher scores represent the worst results.

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