Can electronic screens influence head and neck posture in adolescents? a systematic review
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Posture, Screen Time, Adolescent, Head, NeckAbstract
This systematic review aims to identify whether
electronic screens can influence head and neck posture in
adolescents. This study was registered in PROSPERO and
the databases used were EMBASE, LILACS, SciELO, PEDro,
PubMed, and Scopus, with no language or publication date
limitations. The keywords used were posture, neck, and
adolescents. A total of 1,997 articles with duplicates were
found, 1,858 articles were excluded after title reading and
65 after abstract reading. During the analysis of the full
texts, 22 were excluded because they addressed individuals
with an average age of less than 15 or more than 19 years,
10 did not refer to technology use, and three only evaluated
symptomatic individuals, therefore, only four articles
were reviewed. The methodological quality of the studies
was defined according to the Newcastle Ottawa Quality
Assessment Scale, with three being classified as good
methodological quality and analyzing posture when using a
computer, and one with poor quality that analyzed posture
when using a smartphone. Therefore, regarding smartphone
use, considerations are limited. Overall, computer use is not
responsible for postural changes in the head and neck of
adolescents; however, more studies are needed to confirm
this conclusion
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