The Association of Telephone Head Tilt With Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine Mobility and Disorders in Young Adults

NCT05814289 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 83116987-712
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

To determine the relationship between telephone head tilt and cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine mobility and disturbances in young adults.

Conditions

Forward Head Posture

Keywords

Head tilt; Lumbar spine; Spine; Cervical spine; Thoracic spine

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (7)

• Telephone head tilt

  Telephone head tilts of individuals will be measured with a goniometer. Individuals will be asked to sit in the position where they use the phone in daily life. The cervical 7th Vertebra (C7) and tragus will be determined and the angle between them and the vertical line will be recorded in degrees. In order to reduce the error rate of the measurement, three evaluations will be made and averaged.

  1 day

• Cervical, Thoracic, and Lumbar Spine Mobility

  Active range of motion for cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine mobility will be measured with two bubble inclinometers (Baseline Bubble Inclinometer, White Plains, NY).

  1 day

• Core Outcome Measurement Index

  The Core Outcome Measurement Index consists of seven items that assess pain, neck-related function, symptom-specific well-being, general quality of life, and disability. Except for the questions about the patient's disability in the previous 4 weeks, all questions are about how the patient felt in the previous week. Increasing score indicates worse condition.

  1 day

• General quality of life assessed by Nottingham Health Profile

  The Nottingham Health Profile is a general quality of life questionnaire that measures a person's perceived health problems and the extent to which these problems affect normal daily activities. The questionnaire consists of 38 items. Questions are answered as 'yes' or 'no'. The questionnaire assesses six parameters related to health status. These parameters are; pain (8 items), physical activity (8 items), energy (3 items), sleep (5 items), social isolation (5 items), and emotional reactions (9 items). Each subparameter is scored between 0-100. 0 indicates best health, and 100 indicates worst health. The total NHP score is derived from the sum of the subscores.

  1 day

• Japanese Orthopedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire

  The Japanese Orthopedic Association Back Pain Evaluation Questionnaire is a disease-specific self-assessment questionnaire for back pain. It consists of five subscales (social function, mental health, low back function, walking ability and low back pain) and 25 items. Each subscale score ranges from 0 to 100. Higher scores indicate better conditions.

  1 day

• The Bournemouth Questionnaire

  The Bournemouth Questionnaire is a multidimensional scale that evaluates pain, daily-social life, depression-anxiety, pain control and fear avoidance behaviors with seven questions. Increasing score indicates worse condition.

  1 day

• The Spine Functional Index

  The Spine Functional Index is a 25-item questionnaire completed according to the patient's functional status in the "last few days". Scores from 25 items are added together, then this score is multiplied by four and subtracted from 100 to obtain a percentage score. Increasing score indicates worse condition.

  1 day

Study Arms (1)

Healthy young adults group

OTHER

To assess telephone head tilt and cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine mobility and disturbances.

Other: To assess telephone head tilt and cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine mobility and disturbances.

Interventions

To assess telephone head tilt and cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine mobility and disturbances. OTHER

To assess telephone head tilt and cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine mobility and disturbances.

Healthy young adults group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 30 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Using smartphone,
• Not having any diagnosed chronic disease,
• No past or present mental illness,
• Individuals who can speak, read and write Turkish.

You may not qualify if:

• Having any neurological, psychiatric or cognitive disorder,
• Individuals who cannot speak, read or write Turkish.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Merkez, Tokat Province, 60250, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 16, 2023
• First Posted: April 14, 2023
• Study Start: April 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2024
• Study Completion: July 1, 2024
• Last Updated: April 8, 2025

Record last verified: 2023-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)