Assessment of Core Muscles Endurance, Lumber Curvature and Function in Smartphone-addicts With Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Study summary

This study will attempt to assess the relation between, core muscle endurance, lumber spine curvature and function among smartphone-addicts university students with chronic nonspecific low back pain.

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Primary outcome measure(s)

• Assessment of smartphone addiction — 8 weeks
  Smartphone addiction is examined using the Smartphone Addiction scale (SAS), which is a self-diagnosis instrument that identifies smartphone addicts. The final version included 33 items that revealed the presence of six subscales, including daily life disruption, positive anticipation, withdrawal, cyberspace-oriented connection, overuse, and tolerance. The items are assessed on a six-point Likert scale as follows: strongly disagree (1), disagree (2), weakly disagree (3), weakly agree (4), agree (5), and strongly agree (6). The total of the six subscales equals the SAS score, which ranges from 33 to 198; higher scores indicate more addicted behavior with smartphone use.
• Assessment of lumbar spinal curvature — 8 weeks
  Kinovea software will be used to measure lumbar spinal curvature. The subject should be positioned in a sidelong stance without footwear, aligned with their back against a calibration plane, and their shoulders and elbows flexed at an angle of 90 degrees. Clearly delineate both earlobes on the subject Ascertain the critical reference points along the lumbar spine at 12 thoracic vertebra, third lumbar vertebra and first sacral vertebra. To ascertain the lordosis angle, identify the point on the lumbar spine that is nearest to the plumb line. Construct two lines that run parallel to the curvature of the lumbar region at both the superior and inferior aspects. Employ Kinovea to measure the angle formed at the intersection of these two lines. Deduct this measurement from 180° to derive the lordosis angle
• Assessment of trunk anterior flexor test — 8 weeks
  During the trunk anterior flexor test, individuals sit with their hands over their chest, trunk flexed to sixty degrees, and knee flexed to ninety degrees, time starts when participants adopt the measured posture and ends when the trunk deviates from the 60º angle. The investigator uses the commands 'start' and 'stop' to begin and end the test, while an assisting investigator uses a stopwatch to record the times
• Assessment of lateral musculature plank test — 8 weeks
  It will be applied for both sides. In the left lateral musculature plank test, participants' feet are placed one on top of the other, the right arm perpendicular to the floor, elbow lying on the mat, left arm across the chest, and left hand on the right shoulder. A similar position is used for the right lateral musculature plank test, with the left arm perpendicular to the floor. The investigator uses the commands 'start' and 'stop' to begin and end the test, while an assisting investigator uses a stopwatch to record the times. When the investigator observes an error in the line between the participants' trunk or lower body parts (thigh or shank), then time will be stopped.
• Trunk posterior extensor test — 8 weeks
  Participants lie prone on an examination table for the trunk posterior extensor test, with both anterior superior iliac spines (ASISs) on the table's edge and their hands on the seat of a chair positioned in front of them. Assistance held the lower extremities above and below the participants' knees to secure the lower body. Time begins when participants establish a horizontal posture of the trunk, detach their hands from the chair and then cross them over their chest, and time will be stopped when participants are unable to maintain that position.
• Assessment of back functional disability — 8 weeks
  The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) is regarded as the 'gold standard' of low back functional outcome instruments. The questionnaire measures the level of impairment in ten activities of daily living: Pain intensity, Personal care, Lifting, Walking, Sitting, Standing, Sleeping, Sex (if applicable), Social, Travel. Each item has six statements that are evaluated from 0 to 5. The overall score is determined as a percentage, with 0% representing no disability and 100% indicating the highest level of disability

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