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. 2021 Feb 7;18(4):1565. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18041565
What is Already Known on This Subject?
  • Musculoskeletal pain is a predominant problem during childhood and adolescence.

  • Low back and neck pain are exacerbated by the augmentation on forward flexion on mobile devices used daily.

  • Recently, the literature has focused attention on the increase in sedentary living and the excessive use of electronic devices among young people that can become a serious health problem.

  • Studies on musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents are limited, because of the lack of validated tools to have an objective measure of musculoskeletal cervical pain and to evaluate the direct consequences. Therefore, it is difficult to draw conclusions based only on self-administered tools such as questionnaires. Furthermore, there is the difficulty of comparing different samples, populations, and cultures to consider.