PREVALENCE OF FORWARD HEAD POSTURE AMONG SMARTPHONE USERS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
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Forward Head Posture (FHP), Smartphone Users, Prevalence Postural Changes Systematic Review, Musculoskeletal Health, Smartphone Use, Posture Assessment, Epidemiology, Public Health, Ergonomics, Youth Posture, Long-term Effects Preventive Measures, Cross-sectional Studies.
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This systematic review evaluates the prevalence of ahead head posture (FHP) among smartphone customers to recognize its quantity and implications. We carried out a complete search across databases consisting of PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science for research published up to September 2023. Our assessment protected 15 research with a total of two,500 contributors and located a pooled incidence of FHP at fifty four.Three% (ninety five% CI: 45.2%–63.Four%). Subgroup analysis discovered that more youthful customers (18-30 years) exhibited a higher occurrence of 62.7% (95% CI: 50.4%–seventy five.Zero%), at the same time as older organizations showed lower charges. Prolonged telephone use (over 3 hours in line with day) became drastically related to extended prevalence of FHP. The assessment also highlighted variability in look at first-class, with most studies being of slight pleasant. The findings underscore a sizeable public health issue regarding posture among smartphone customers, specially in more youthful populations and people with great every day use. The evidence suggests a need for preventive measures and interventions to address posture-associated troubles related to phone use. Future studies should cognizance on longitudinal research to discover causal relationships and the long-term affects of phone use on forward head posture.
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