Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: October | Volume: 9 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 79-82
Effects of Smartphone Addiction on Pinch Grip Strength
Miss Shruti B. Tidke1, Dr. Mayuri Rajesh Shah2, Dr. Parita Hardik Kothari2
1Intern, Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pimpri, Pune
2Assistant Professor, Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pimpri, Pune
Corresponding Author: Miss Shruti B. Tidke
ABSTRACT
Background: The most widely distributed and used mobile communication device to date is the smartphone. The hand has unique features like any other organ of body in everyday life and functional impairment of hand can affect everyday life and ultimately quality of life. Prehension is defined as the act of seizing or grasping, whereas prehensile describes the adaptation of an organ for grasping or wrapping round hand object. In humans the hand is the only prehensile organ. Since there is a paucity in the literature regarding relationship between smartphone addiction and its effects on musculoskeletal system there is a need to investigate relation between smartphone use and grip strength.
Method: Smartphone users were assessed using smartphone addiction scale- short version. Then the individuals were allotted into 2 groups according to the score. The first group was group A which had smartphone addicts with score greater than 26 and the group B had non-addicts with score less than 26. After dividing the groups with 55 individuals in each group, pinch grip strength was assessed using pinch gauze dynamometer. Best of three trials were considered.
Results: Unpaired t-test was applied to compare pinch grip strength between addicts and non-addicts where the p value was more than 0.05. Hence the result was considered statistically non-significant.
Conclusion: The study concludes that there was no difference in pinch grip strength in between smartphone addicts and non addicts.
Key words: Smartphone, Pinch grip