Open AccessPREVALENCE OF DEVELOPING IPHONE ELBOW IN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS USING SMARTPHONE
Author(s) -
Hassan Rizvi,
Hafiza Humaira Anjum,
Sidra Salahuddin,
Saba Khan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pakistan journal of rehabilitation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2311-3863
pISSN - 2309-7833
DOI - 10.36283/pjr.zu.5.1/004
Subject(s) - supine position , sitting , test (biology) , physical therapy , medicine , psychology , lying , cross sectional study , visual analogue scale , tennis elbow , audiology , elbow , surgery , paleontology , radiology , pathology , biology
OBJECTIVEThe study is intended to identify the prevalence of developingiphone Elbow in young undergraduate physical therapy studentsusing Smartphone.STUDY DESIGNStudy design is a cross-sectional observational survey of DPT studentsMETHODOLOGY206 adolescent students aged 15-28 years, using smart phonesfrequently or handheld gadgets were asked to fill a questionnaire toanalyze the frequency of using smart phones and the activitiesperformed on the devices. The intensity of pain associated withSmartphone usage was identified using VAS scale. COZEN test wasperformed for diagnosis of Epicondylitis.RESULTResults revealed that the frequency of Smartphone usage is higherbetween 20 and 21 years of age. Interestingly, the results obtainedin this study shows that 67.5% students make calls and 60.7% usevideo chatting while message reading was found to be 43.7% andsending message is 39.8%. Putting down notes and task orientation is40%. Comparatively the typing activities of muscles were found tobe high. On the VAS scale 35% of participants sometimes feel painand 10.2% often complain of pain with uneasiness, demonstratingdecreased muscular strength. However, regarding posture, youngsterswho use sitting posture are 39.3% and those who prefer supinelying posture are 32% while those who never use Smartphone inprone lying are 46.1% and those who rarely use their device in proneare 25.7%. Cozen test was found to be negative in 80.6% and only19.4% test results turned out to be positive.KEYWORDSTennis Elbow, lateral epicodylitis, epicondylalgia, smart phones, MSKinjuries and youngsters, overuse injuries.