Smartphone addiction and postural alterations in the cervical region in adolescents.
Ticiana Mesquita de Oliveira FontenelePaula Pessoa de Brito NunesFrancisco Valter Miranda SilvaCatarina Nívea Bezerra MenezesRodrigo Fragoso de AndradeDaniela Gardano Bucharles Mont'AlverneMaria Vieira de Lima SaintrainMirna Albuquerque FrotaAna Paula Vasconcellos AbdonPublished in: Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo (2023)
The use of the smartphone in the typing position causes postural alterations in the cervical region, especially in adolescents with smartphone addiction. Therefore, health promotion measures that alert adolescents to the adverse effects caused by prolonged smartphone use are necessary.