Assessment of Upper Cross Syndrome and Cervicogenic Headache in Smart Phone User

NCT06690879 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: postural disorder
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

the purpose of this study was to assess upper cross syndrome and cervicogenic headache between addictive and non- addictive smartphone usage among university physical therapy students.

Conditions

Postural; Defect

Keywords

smart phone addiction upper cross syndrome cervicogenic headache

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• upper cross syndrome angles assessment in degrees

  cranio-vertebral angle ,rounded shoulder and Thoracic kyphosis angles .

  3 monthes

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• cervical range of motion in degrees and flexion rotation test in degree

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

addictive smart phone group

addictive smart phone users with cervicogenic headache

Device: Smartphone application AI Posture Evaluation and Correction System (APECS)

non addictive smart phone group

non addictive smart phone users not complaining of cervicogenic headache

Device: Smartphone application AI Posture Evaluation and Correction System (APECS)

Interventions

Smartphone application AI Posture Evaluation and Correction System (APECS) DEVICE

Mobile application APECS v. 6.2.0. is used to assess upper body posture during standing from back side and right side.

addictive smart phone group; non addictive smart phone group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

smart phone users from faculty of physical therapy

You may qualify if:

• \. Asymptomatic students with normal healthy state 2. Age group between 18-24 years 3. Body mass index between (18-24.9). 4. Addictive smart phone users with score over 31 for male and 33 for female students in smart phone addiction scale (Kwon et al., 2013).
• \. Minimum of 25 text messages or emails per day, browsing the Internet and/or playing games for more than one hour a day using their smartphone (Mustafaoglu et al., 2021).
• Headache developed in temporal relation to the onset of cervical disorder or appearance of the lesion.
• Headache significantly improved or resolved in parallel with improvement in or resolution of the cervical disorder or lesion.
• Reduced cervical range of motion , and headache was made significantly worse by provocative maneuvers.
• Headache abolished following diagnostic blockade of a cervical structure or its nerve supply

You may not qualify if:

• \. History of Cervical Trauma or Surgery (Jung et al., 2016). 2. Neck, shoulder, upper back, lower back, elbow, or wrist-hand musculoskeletal trauma (Lee et al., 2015).
• \. Congenital deformities 4. Serious surgical or neurological diseases 5. Limb injuries 6. Involvement in a formal physical activity program 7. Cervical Spondylosis. 8. Cervical Radiculopathy (Pathan et al., 2021). 9. Shoulder, neck, and back muscle injuries in the past month (Daniel et al., 2022).
• \. Idiopathic spinal deformity (Elnahhas et al., 2018).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jilan Adel yousef: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Giza, Egypt

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Trovato B, Roggio F, Sortino M, Zanghi M, Petrigna L, Giuffrida R, Musumeci G. Postural Evaluation in Young Healthy Adults through a Digital and Reproducible Method. J Funct Morphol Kinesiol. 2022 Oct 28;7(4):98. doi: 10.3390/jfmk7040098.

  PMID: 36412760 BACKGROUND

• Stenneberg MS, Busstra H, Eskes M, van Trijffel E, Cattrysse E, Scholten-Peeters GGM, de Bie RA. Concurrent validity and interrater reliability of a new smartphone application to assess 3D active cervical range of motion in patients with neck pain. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. 2018 Apr;34:59-65. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2017.12.006. Epub 2017 Dec 16.

  PMID: 29328979 BACKGROUND

• Kwon M, Lee JY, Won WY, Park JW, Min JA, Hahn C, Gu X, Choi JH, Kim DJ. Development and validation of a smartphone addiction scale (SAS). PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56936. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056936. Epub 2013 Feb 27.

  PMID: 23468893 BACKGROUND

• Alageel AA, Alyahya RA, A Bahatheq Y, Alzunaydi NA, Alghamdi RA, Alrahili NM, McIntyre RS, Iacobucci M. Smartphone addiction and associated factors among postgraduate students in an Arabic sample: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry. 2021 Jun 10;21(1):302. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03285-0.

  PMID: 34112121 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• enas fawzy, professor

  professor of physical therapy for orthopedic diseases

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE CONTROL
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: doctor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 11, 2024
• First Posted: November 15, 2024
• Study Start: March 12, 2024
• Primary Completion: July 15, 2024
• Study Completion: August 1, 2024
• Last Updated: November 15, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Locations

EG (1)