What is it about?
Postural correction combined with a selected exercise training programme improved the hand grip, key pinch grip strength, and upper extremity disability and symptoms associated with smartphone use among university students.
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Why is it important?
Despite the reported association between mobile use and upper extremity symptoms there is a gap in the knowledge on how exercise and proper hand grasp can improve these symptoms. Considering the increased use of touchscreen mobile phones among young people it is important to identify how physical therapy interventions can reduce these symptoms.
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This article can be considered as the 1st the explain how to deal with musculoskeletal disorders associated with using of touchscreen smart phone
Prof. Dr. Amr Almaz Abdel-aziem
Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University
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This page is a summary of: Exercise training and postural correction improve upper extremity symptoms among touchscreen smartphone users, Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal, December 2016, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt,
DOI: 10.1016/j.hkpj.2016.06.001.
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