Text Neck Syndrome
Correlation of smartphone addiction with text neck syndrome in India during COVID-19 Lockdown
Published on 24. August 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
52 pages
978-620-2-79758-0 (ISBN)
Description
Text neck syndrome is the term used for repitative strain injury or pain in neck, caused as a result of excessive phone usage. The typical hunched posture which one attains while using smartphone is associated with this syndrome. During the COVID-19 lockdown there was found to be excessive phone usage for leisure or work. This led to increase in smartphone addiction and an associated increase in text neck syndrome. The book deals with the study which shows the correlation of smartphone addiction with text neck syndrome during the phase of lockdown in India.
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Persons
Dr Navjyot Trivedi- Has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience. He is PHd in physiotherapy and is currently holds the position of Dean, Parul Institute of Physiotherapy, Parul University. Dr Shivani Verma- Working as an Assistant Professor at Parul University. Has keen interest in rehabilitation.