Comfort and discomfort during smartphone use on a bed
| Autor: | Luciana Ribeiro Monteiro, Stella Boess, Peter Vink, Sumalee Udomboonyanupap |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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discomfort
Shoulder 030506 rehabilitation medicine.medical_specialty Shoulders smartphone 03 medical and health sciences Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 050107 human factors posture Neck Pain business.industry 05 social sciences Rehabilitation Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Torso Trunk Comfort 0305 other medical science business bed Neck Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Work: a journal of prevention, assessment & rehabilitation, 68(s1) Work (Reading, Mass.) |
| ISSN: | 1051-9815 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: The number of smartphone users is immense. People can do ever more with a smartphone. Smartphones are used everywhere, including in bed and on the sofa. The awkward postures taken in these situations affect comfort and discomfort. In designing a bed, it might be useful to know which position is comfortable for smartphone use on a bed. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to define the most comfortable trunk angle for smartphone use on a bed. METHODS: To study comfort and discomfort, 52 participants were asked to use the smartphone on a bed. The trunk angle of this bed was adjusted to 6 positions from flat to upright and for each angle the comfort and discomfort was recorded. RESULTS: The results showed that the participants prefer a trunk angle range around 120 and 142 degrees. At the best trunk angle 29% of the participants felt comfort in the legs, 25% in the upper back and 16% in the shoulders. However, in this position 36% also mentioned discomfort in the lower back and 24 % in the neck. CONCLUSIONS: For smartphone use a bed is preferable which enables a trunk angle of around 120–140 degrees. For the legs this is comfortable. However, for the neck and upper back the problem of discomfort still needs attention. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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