ArticleJournal of community health2017
Association Between Smartphone Use and Musculoskeletal Discomfort in Adolescent Students.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 143 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hand injuries associated with mobile phone use: A systematic review.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2026Pooled it
- Does sedentary behaviour cause spinal pain in children and adolescents? A systematic review with meta-analysis.British journal of sports medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Sedentary behavior and neck pain in children and adolescents; a systematic review and meta-analysis.Health promotion perspectives · 2022Pooled it
- Differences in Posture, Neck Angle, and Body Discomfort During Various Electronic Device Usage with Virtual Classroom.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Trial
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- Risk Factors Involved in Postural Disorders in Children and Adolescents.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A Cross-Sectional Study Exploring the Relationship between Work-Related, Lifestyle Factors and Non-Specific Neck and Shoulder Pain in a Southeast Asian Population.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Association between internet addiction and musculoskeletal disorders in Iranian medical sciences students.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- The impact of smartphone use duration and posture on the prevalence of hand pain among college students.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Efficacy of ultrasound therapy with neck retraction exercises vs. ultrasound therapy with deep cervical flexor training for excessive screen time users: a pilot randomized controlled study.Journal of physical therapy science · 2024Article
- Lifestyle factors and subacromial impingement syndrome of the shoulder: potential associations in finnish participants.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Text neck is not associated with neck and upper limb disability in young adults who use smartphones.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024Observational
- Depression and Smartphone Addiction Among College Students: The Mediating Effect of Emotional Exhaustion.Alpha psychiatry · 2024Article
- Comorbidity, Eating Behaviors and Smartphone Addiction in Italian Nurses' Characteristics.Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2024Article
- The Impact of Smartphone Addiction on Sleep Quality Among High School Students in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2023Article
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- Temporal associations between physical activity and three types of problematic use of the internet: A six-month longitudinal study.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2022Article
- Predictors of Musculoskeletal Pain among Primary School Students Using Smartphones in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Does Smartphone Addiction, Social Media Addiction, and/or Internet Game Addiction Affect Adolescents' Interpersonal Interactions?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Despite the substantial increase in the number of adolescent smartphone users, few studies have investigated the behavioural effects of smartphone use on adolescent students as it relates to musculoskeletal discomfort. The purpose of this study was to explore the association between smartphone use and musculoskeletal discomfort in students at a Taiwanese junior college. We hypothesised that the duration of smartphone use would be associated with increased instances of musculoskeletal discomfort in these students. This cross-sectional study employed a convenience sampling method to recruit students from a junior college in southern Taiwan. All the students (n = 315) were asked to answer questionnaires on smartphone use. A descriptive analysis, stepwise regression, and logistic regression were used to examine specific components of smartphone use and their relationship to musculoskeletal discomfort. Nearly half of the participants experienced neck and shoulder discomfort. The stepwise regression results indicated that the number of body parts with discomfort (F = 6.009, p < 0.05) increased with hours spent using ancillary smartphone functions. The logistic regression analysis showed that the students who talked on the phone >3 h/day had a higher risk of upper back discomfort than did those who talked on the phone <1 h/day [odds ratio (OR) = 4.23, p < 0.05]. This study revealed that the relationship between smartphone use and musculoskeletal discomfort is related to the duration of smartphone ancillary function use. Moreover, hours spent talking on the phone was a predictor of upper back discomfort.
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