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:: Volume 24, Issue 2 (Bimonthly 2020) ::
Feyz Med Sci J 2020, 24(2): 237-245 Back to browse issues page
Musculoskeletal disorders associated with Text Neck Syndrome: A systematic review
Hossein Ahmadi , Ali Yalfani * , Behnam Gholami Borujeni
Department of Sport Injury and Corrective Exercise, University of Bu-Ali, Hamedan, I.R. Iran. , ali_yalfani@yahoo.com
Abstract:   (4212 Views)
Background: In the contemporary world most people's lives have been affected by modern communication technologies such as mobile phones and computers. The entrance of mobile phones into daily communication and usage has led to new changes in medical and health perspectives. In fact, “Text Neck Syndrome" is a worrying situation and has the potential to affect millions of people around the world.
Materials and Methods: The search articles was done in databases PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar and due to the widespread use and prevalence of Smartphone use in the past decade, articles about the years 2010 up to 2019 were extracted. To extract the articles, was used from the related keyword. Then, considering the main subject of the present study and criteria inclusion and exclusion, 10 articles were selected for final investigation.
Results: After reviewing the full text of 10 articles related to the study subject that were chosen for the final review, the results of those articles are described briefly in Table 1 and completely in the discussion section. There is a direct relationship between the duration of phone calls, playing with mobile phones, browsing and the number of texting during the day and musculoskeletal disorders.
Conclusion: The text neck syndrome can cause forward head and rounded shoulder postures, as well as chronic pain in the neck, shoulders, hands, and fingers.
Keywords: Text neck syndrome, Musculoskeletal disorders, Smartphone, Forward head, Rounded shoulder
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Type of Study: Review | Subject: General
Received: 2019/10/23 | Revised: 2020/07/6 | Accepted: 2020/02/16 | Published: 2020/04/29
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Ahmadi H, Yalfani A, Gholami Borujeni B. Musculoskeletal disorders associated with Text Neck Syndrome: A systematic review. Feyz Med Sci J 2020; 24 (2) :237-245
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