Biomechanical and physiological demands associated with laptop and smartphone use in both a subclinical neck pain and healthy student population

dc.contributor.advisorHolmes, Michael
dc.contributor.authorBreitner, Victoria Anna
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-22T14:40:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-29T16:54:31Z
dc.date.available2016-12-22T14:40:17Z
dc.date.available2022-03-29T16:54:31Z
dc.date.issued2016-09-01
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology
dc.degree.levelMaster of Health Sciences (MHSc)
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this thesis was to determine if flexed head and neck postures during long duration mobile device use will increase discomfort in two groups (healthy and neck pain – NP), or if a NP group would experience higher discomfort levels, increased neck muscle activity and examine if the NP group produces different cervical spine kinematics compared to healthy individuals. Eighteen University of Ontario Institute of Technology students completed two mobile device tasks (a one hour laptop and a 30 minute smartphone task). Participants completed three questionnaires, head and thorax kinematics were monitored, surface electromyography (SEMG) was monitored from six upper extremity muscles bilaterally (cervical extensors, upper trapezius and anterior deltoid) and electrocardiogram (EKG) monitored heart rate and breathing. Some significant differences between the smartphone and laptop tasks were identified. This work is important because it evaluated long duration smartphone and laptop computer usage, which has seen limited attention in the academic literature to date.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technologyen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10155/713
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectHead and neck flexionen
dc.subjectMuscle activationen
dc.subjectLaptopen
dc.subjectSmartphoneen
dc.titleBiomechanical and physiological demands associated with laptop and smartphone use in both a subclinical neck pain and healthy student populationen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineKinesiology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Health Sciences (MHSc)

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