CHANGES IN ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICATORS AND THEIR CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SMARTPHONE ADDICTION

Objective. Comparative analysis of anthropometric indicators of BSMU students in the presence of identified smartphone addiction.

Material and methods. The study involved 79 students of the Faculty of Dentistry of BSMU: 35 (44.3%) males and 44 (55.7%) females, whose average age was 21.36±0.26 years. Smartphone addiction was assessed using the computer program called «Identification of smartphone addiction among gadget users» (RF Patent No. 2023666136, date of state registration 08/16/2023). A clinical and anthropometric study was performed with an assessment of postural angles according to the method of L. Straker et al., using a Smart Protractor goniometer.

Results. Studies have shown that all students of BSMU involved in the research revealed the presence of algic syndromes in the head, neck, upper shoulder girdle of varying degrees of severity. The duration of smartphone use was more than 5 years. The use of the gadget for more than 5 hours a day was detected in 60 people (75%), 3-4 hours a day - in 19 people (25%), and the duration of using a text editor did not differ significantly and amounted to up to 70% of the time of a smartphone use. Atropometric examination of postural angles revealed that the angle of inclination of the head was 24.11 ±4.92°, cervical and thoracic - 41.92±8.56° and 39.88 ±8.14°, respectively, shoulder retraction – 105.28±21.49°, shoulder asymmetry - 3.98±0.82°. Headaches were noted by 52 people (74.3%), neck pain – 31 (44.3%), shoulder pain – 19 (27.1%), wrist pain – 13 (18.6%), and in one subject the pain could often be localized in 2-3 departments of the musculoskeletal system.

Conclusion. Smartphone addiction can have an effect on the violation of the postural angles of the cervical-thoracic spine with the early development of musculoskeletal pain and the formation of pathoplastic clinical manifestations.

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