Ahmed Gaballah1,2
1-Kinesiology and Health Sciences Department, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
2-Depaartment of sports Health Sciences, Damietta University, New Damietta, Egypt.
Introduction:
Text neck become one of the most harmful pain syndrome in neck and shoulder region. People 's lifestyle nowadays has depended on smart phones in communication, reading, and entertainment. Mobile device users frequently adopt prolonged forward head posture while looking down at the screens of mobile devices. The exaggeration on using mobile technology leaded to Text Neck Pain Syndrome (TNP). [1] [2]. The position of neck while using the smartphones causes fibrotic of muscular …show more content…
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