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The association between smartphone addiction and thumb/wrist pain: A cross-sectional study.
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The Effect of Transtheoretic Model and Motivational Interview Based Intervention Program on Smartphone Addiction and Sleep Quality Levels in Nursing Students
Who cites it
37 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hand injuries associated with mobile phone use: A systematic review.Work (Reading, Mass.) · 2026Pooled it
- Smartphone use and related factors with hand pain among university students: a systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of handheld devices on the wrist and thumb: a systematic review.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025Pooled it
- Smartphone Addiction and Associated Health Outcomes in Adult Populations: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Smartphone addiction, thumb-wrist symptoms, and first extensor compartment ultrasonographic findings in young adults: a multicentre prospective study with six-month follow-up.International orthopaedics · 2026Observational
- Excessive Smartphone Use as a Risk Factor for Clinical Signs Compatible with De Quervain's Tenosynovitis: A Cross-Sectional Study.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2026Article
- Prevalence of De Quervain's Tenosynovitis among Mobile Phone Using Students in Pakistan: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Environmental health insights · 2026Review
- Smartphone overuse and its impact on musculoskeletal pain in the neck and wrists/hands in medical and nursing undergraduate students: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Smartphone-related pain and discomfort in hand osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriatic arthritis: results from the monocentric cross-sectional PHONERIC study.Rheumatology international · 2025Article
- The impact of smartphone addiction and posture on the prevalence of hand pain among university students.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Disorders in Medical Students.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Review
- Development of the MSKP index: Risk model of musculoskeletal pain in Colombian adolescents.PloS one · 2025Article
- Prevalence of De Quervain's Tenosynovitis among Teenage Mobile Users: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2024Article
- Examining the relationship between smartphone characteristics and the prevalence of hand discomfort among university students.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The association between smartphone addiction and thumb/wrist pain among medical students of Jazan University, Saudi Arabia, A cross-sectional study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- The impact of smartphone use duration and posture on the prevalence of hand pain among college students.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- First Dorsal Compartment Release During Volar Approach for Distal Radius Fracture Fixation Reduces Symptoms in Patients With Pre-Existing De Quervain Disease.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2024Article
- The Hidden Pain: Understanding Smartphone Pinky Awareness and Risk Perception in the Eastern Province Population.Cureus · 2024Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with lateral epicondylitis among hospital healthcare workers.JSES international · 2024Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Many smartphone users experience pain in the thumb/wrist. This pain can be due to certain types of hand injuries as well as inflammation of the extensor pollicis brevis and the abductor pollicis longus tendon sheaths, known as De Quervain tenosynovitis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between smartphone addiction and wrist/thumb pain and to determine the severity of the pain, as well as to calculate the prevalence of De Quervain tenosynovitis among medical students at King Abdulaziz University (KAU) in Jeddah.A total of 387 medical students were enrolled. The smartphone addiction scale-short version (SAS-SV) was used to divide participants into the smartphone addict group and non-addict group. Both groups completed the self-administered patient-rated wrist and hand evaluation (PRWHE) questionnaire to evaluate wrist/hand pain. The Finkelstein test was administered to those who reported pain in the thumb/wrist.Two hundred fifty-seven (66.4%) participants were smartphone addicts; 74 (19.1%) had a positive Finkelstein test. There was a significant correlation between smartphone addiction and high PRWHE scores (P = .036).Our study found the prevalence of smartphones addiction among university students to be high (66%), furthermore a correlation between heavy smartphones usage and hand pain was found which indicates that heavy usage of these devices can cause subclinical effects on the human hand.
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