The influence of computer use on the sitting posture of high school students who develop neck and shoulder pain
South African Journal of Physiotherapy
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| Title | The influence of computer use on the sitting posture of high school students who develop neck and shoulder pain | |
| Creator | Brink, Y. Hillier, S. Louw, Q. Schreve, K. | |
| Description | The prevalence of neck and shoulder pain (NSP) is increas-ing in adolescents and is related to increased time spent on computers.The influence of sitting posture on the development of computer-relatedNSP among adolescents is unclear. This study investigated how the sittingposture of the upper quadrant changes over a ten minute period ofcomputer use in once asymptomatic adolescents who later developed NSP.M ethod: Sitting alignment was measured using the Photographic PostureA nalysis Method. The students performed a typing task while two con -secutive photographs were taken ten minutes apart. The students werefollowed for six months and the photographs of those who developed NSPw ere analy z ed.R esults: The results show that there is no significant change in sitting posture over time. Observationally the most common pattern was to move from a more flexed posture to a more upright posture and there were greater posturalchanges in the case group (students with extreme cervical angles) compared to the control group (students with thepreferred cervical ROM (34.75º - 43.95º)), although both findings were not statistically significant.Conclusion: There was no change, over a ten minute period, in the sitting posture of computing high school studentswho developed computer-related NSP after six months therefore students should be encouraged to avoid monotonoussitting in front of computers because this could be associated with NSP. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2009-02-19 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajp.v65i2.83 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Physiotherapy; Vol 65, No 2 (2009); 21-26 2410-8219 0379-6175 | |
| Language | eng | |
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