Table 1 Descriptive statistics
From: Association between smartphone addiction and myofascial trigger points
Smartphone Addicts n = 61(44. 9) | Non-Smartphone Addicts n = 75 (55. 1) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) Mean ± SD | 20.05 ± 1.44 | 19.92 ± 1.49 | 0.638*** | ||
Gender (N) | Female | 37 | Female | 47 | 0.810** |
Male | 24 | Male | 28 | ||
Dominant Side (N) | Right | 60 | Right | 75 | |
Left | 1 | Left | 0 | ||
Daily time of smartphone usage (hours) Mean ± SD | 4.88 ± 0.85 | 3.01 ± 0.86 | 0.001*** | ||
Smartphone usage purpose (N) | Social media | 39 | Social media | 49 | 0.128** |
Phone calls | 3 | Phone calls | 8 | ||
Messaging | 3 | Messaging | 8 | ||
Games | 16 | Games | 10 | ||
Smartphone Addictive Scale—Short Form (score) | 40.34 ± 7.04 | 23.05 ± 5.77 | |||
39 (31–60) | 24 (10–32) | ||||
Forward head posture | Yes | 54 | Yes | 60 | 0.179** |
(N) | No | 7 | No | 15 | |
Totally number of trigger points Median (Min–Max) | 4 (0–9) | 3 (0–7) | 0.002* | ||
New York Posture Rating Chart (score) Median (Min–Max) | 59 (41–65) | 59 (49–65) | 0.819* | ||
Wall to tragus distance (cm.) Median (Min–Max) | 16 (12–26) | 15 (11–26) | 0.105* | ||
Smartphone usage posture (N) | Posture-1: | 50 | Posture-1: | 22 | 0.001** |
Posture-2: | 11 | Posture-2: | 50 | ||
Posture-3: | 0 | Posture-3: | 3 | ||