Association Of Excessive Usage Of Smartphone With Prevalance Of Median Nerve Signs And Symptoms

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Users usually hold smartphone with single hand which compels individuals to engage in repetitive wrist and thumb flexion and extension which impact the median nerve. Overuse of smartphone may decrease the handgrip strength and hand function. Increased usage causes weakness in hand and wrist due to repeated movements of them, which in turn leads to many musculoskeletal disorders, like injury to nerves, muscles and tendons in the fingers, hands, wrist, arms, elbows, shoulders, and neck which if ignored, may lead to long term damage

MATERIAL AND METHODS

This study was conducted on 100 participants to determine the Association of excessive usage of smartphone users with prevalence of median nerve sign and symptoms. The data was collected by filling consent form by using Bustan carpal tunnel syndrome questionnaire and Cornell mobile phone hand questionnaires. The type was study was cross sectional and data was analyzed to by SPSS 25 version.

RESULT

100 students were participated in our surveyed study in which result shows that more than 8 hours users were 29 (29%), more than 3 hours users 31 (31%), Among collected population we found (28%) of the students were complaining of pain numbness burning and tingling sensation after one-hour usage of smart phone.

CONCLUSION

This study was demonstrated that hand and wrist pain are common now a days. Smart phone user who use their mobile three hours a day are 31% and because of excessive smart phone usage 19% feel pain, 37% feel numbness, 26% feel tingling sensation, 9% feel burning sensation and 20% feeling loss of movement among them. Among those 28% says they feel pain after one hour and 37% says its last up to half an hour.

KEYWORDS: Smart phone and Median nerve