Determining muscle fatigue from reading a smartphone with the cervical extensor fatigue test

Authors

Sarah Davis, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

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Description

Background
• Smartphone use has led to pain and injuries associated with neck flexion while looking down.
• It is important to identify exactly how neck flexion during smartphone use leads to neck pain and muscle fatigue.

Purpose
• To measure the effects of neck flexion on neck endurance during smartphone use.

Publication Date

2020

Publisher

College of Education and Health Professions Honors Program

City

Fayetteville

Keywords

Research-Based

Disciplines

Exercise Science | Medicine and Health Sciences

Comments

Advisors:

Kaitlin Gallagher, Ph.D.
Amanda Sullivan, Ph.D.

Citation

Davis, S. (2020). Determining muscle fatigue from reading a smartphone with the cervical extensor fatigue test. 2020 Honors Symposium. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/coesym20/2