Relationship between the incidence of de Quervain’s disease among teenagers and mobile gaming

Objective To assess the relationship between the incidence of de Quervain’s disease (DD) and mobile gaming. Methods We conducted an experimental cross-sectional study and surveyed specialized students with different majors from Xingtai Technician Institute. We applied the stratified clustered sampli...

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Published in:International orthopaedics 2019-11, Vol.43 (11), p.2587-2592
Main Authors: Ma, Tianxiao, Song, Lihua, Ning, Shenghua, Wang, Huiwang, Zhang, Guisheng, Wu, Zhanyong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
China - epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
De Quervain Disease - diagnosis
De Quervain Disease - epidemiology
De Quervain Disease - etiology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mobile Applications
Original Paper
Orthopedics
Time Factors
Video Games - adverse effects
Wrist Injuries - diagnosis
Wrist Injuries - epidemiology
Wrist Injuries - etiology
Young Adult
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Summary:Objective To assess the relationship between the incidence of de Quervain’s disease (DD) and mobile gaming. Methods We conducted an experimental cross-sectional study and surveyed specialized students with different majors from Xingtai Technician Institute. We applied the stratified clustered sampling method to recruit 500 students aged 16 to 20 years as survey respondents. We diagnosed DD by conducting Finkelstein’s test. Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test was used to determine the correlation between different variables and Finkelstein’s test results. SPSS 20 statistical software was used to perform all the statistical analyses. Results Among the five hundred students providing the valid data, there were 302 males and 198 females, with a male-to-female ratio of 3:2. Of them, 216, 159, 77, and 48 reported they played mobile games for  six hours per day, respectively. A total of 246 students (49%) had a positive result in Finkelstein’s test. Three hundred and five (61.0%) students played mobile games with their wrist in dorsiflexion position, and among them, 192 had a positive result in Finkelstein’s test. The statistical analyses showed that more frequent play, prolonged mobile gaming time per day, and changes in wrist position were significantly correlated with the positive rate of Finkelstein’s test ( p  
ISSN:0341-2695
1432-5195
DOI:10.1007/s00264-019-04389-9