Abstract
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of mobilizations along with hot therapy versus mobilizations for the management of chronic neck pain due to over usage of smart phones among young.
 Materials and Methods: This interventional clinical trial was conducted at OPD, Institute of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Sciences (IPRS) in Liaquat University Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro (LUMHS). All the individuals from LUMHS Jamshoro including students, age 18-35 years and either of gender were included. All the individuals were divided in two groups (group A and group B). Cases of group A were underwent management of mobilization with hot therapy and cases of group B underwent only mobilization management. Outcome was observed in the terms of decrease the pain during work, reading and sleeping. All the data was recorded via study proforma.
 Results: Total 64 individuals were studied. Mean age was 26.2+4.2 years in group A and 28.6+5.3years. Males were in majority in both groups. According to the pain assessment on movement, mild pain was in 18.8%, moderate pain was 50.0%, severe pain was in 12.5% and very severe pain was in 18.85 of the patients of group A. However in group B most of the patients 93.8% had mild pain and 6.2% patients had severe pain, while no any patients with moderate pain and very severe pain was found in group B. After treatment pain was more decreased in patients of group A as pain during work, reading and sleeping was significantly higher in only mobilizations treatment group as compared to those underwent mobilizations with hot therapy treatment, p-values were quite significant.
 Conclusion: It was concluded that the treatment of mobilization with Hot pack was more effective than treatment only mobilization.
Highlights
The smartphones became an essential part of human’s life due to global village
Materials and Methods: This interventional clinical trial was conducted at OPD, Institute of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Sciences (IPRS) in Liaquat University Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro (LUMHS)
It was concluded that the treatment of mobilization with Hot pack was more effective than treatment only mobilization
Summary
The smartphones became an essential part of human’s life due to global village. It contains various features which allow persons to use in daily activity such as keeping pictures, memories, personal data, and is a major source of communication. Time period of usage of smartphones for social media, internet surfing and for playing games may be considered as possible risk factors which may increase hazards emerging from the use of mobile Phones [4,5]. Due to widespread use of smartphones by the Young Adult of LUMHS are more prone to develop health hazards like neck pain, headache, tension, sleep disturbance, fatigue, depression and dizziness. It is the disturbed ergonomic which is below the height of eyesight or excessive watching or texting on handheld device for prolong period of time. This study has been conducted to compare the effectiveness of mobilizations along with hot therapy versus mobilizations for the management of chronic neck pain due to over usage of smart phones among young
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