Smartphone use and thumb pain in medical students
Part of Bones, joints & muscles clinical trials.
This study looks at whether heavy smartphone use is linked to De Quervain syndrome (a painful thumb and wrist condition) among medical students. If you are a student who uses your phone a lot, this study can help understand the connection and may help prevent or manage the condition.
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Who can take part
- Be an Egyptian university student, in any year of study, aged 18–25.
- Have a smartphone and use it heavily (scoring above a set threshold on a smartphone addiction scale).
- Be in generally good health with no past hand or finger injuries, surgeries, arthritis, or joint deformities.
- Be willing to join the study.
- Be either male or female.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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