Effect of day time on smartphone use posture and related musculoskeletal disorders risk: a survey among university students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are one of the most important problems among young smartphone users worldwide. Portability leads to a wide variety of postures during the different activities of the day. The objective evaluation of these postures coupled with ergonomic tools allows evaluating the level of MSD risk to which users are exposed.

Methods

The purpose was to investigate the effect of the time of day on the posture adopted during smartphone use among university students. The study was conducted through a cross-sectional survey of 263 university sports students. Four time of day, i.e. morning, afternoon, evening and night, and a taxonomy of 41 postures called SmarTaxo were considered. SmarTaxo included 18 sitting, 11 standing, 10 lying and 2 walking postur

SUBMITTER: Jacquier-Bret J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10496183 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature