Digital Addiction and Body Balance: An Investigation of Postural Stability in Young Adults: A Cross‐Sectional Study.
Background and Purpose: Excessive use of digital devices has become increasingly common among young adults and has been associated with postural changes and impaired balance control. Since postural stability is essential for daily activities and musculoskeletal health, understanding the impact of di...
| Publicado en: | Physiotherapy Research International Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 1 - 11 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jul2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=195655774&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 195655774 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13582267 GPG jtl: Physiotherapy Research International issn: 13582267 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jul2026 vid: 31 iid: 3 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 195655774 195655774 195655774 10.1002/pri.70292 195655774 ppf: 1 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Digital Addiction and Body Balance: An Investigation of Postural Stability in Young Adults: A Cross‐Sectional Study. aug: au: Çırak, Yeliz Güzel, Hüsna Sert, Buse Düşgün, Elif Sena Yeşil, Büşra affil: Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Institute of Health Sciences, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Türkiye sug: subj: Balance, Postural Evaluation Core Stability Evaluation Technology Addiction Smartphone Students, College Task Performance and Analysis Motor Skills Human Female Male Young Adult Cross Sectional Studies Nonexperimental Studies Scales Sample Size Determination Screen Time Comparative Studies Mann-Whitney U Test Friedman Test Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test Chi Square Test Post Hoc Analysis Effect Size Confidence Intervals Data Analysis Software Descriptive Statistics Female Male ab: Background and Purpose: Excessive use of digital devices has become increasingly common among young adults and has been associated with postural changes and impaired balance control. Since postural stability is essential for daily activities and musculoskeletal health, understanding the impact of digital addiction on balance is important for physiotherapy and rehabilitation. This study aimed to compare postural balance performance between young adults with and without smartphone addiction and to examine the effects of attention‐demanding tasks on balance control. Methods: This cross‐sectional study included a total of 74 volunteer students (mean age = 22.06 ± 6.66 years; 68.9% female, 31.1% male) from the Department of Therapy and Rehabilitation at Fenerbahçe University. Participants were classified into smartphone‐addicted and non‐addicted groups based on the Smartphone Addiction Scale–Short Version (SAS‐SV). Balance performance was assessed using the Becure Balance System under three conditions: eyes open, eyes closed, and texting. Results: Findings revealed that individuals with smartphone addiction (SA) exhibited significantly higher postural sway in the eyes‐open condition compared with non‐addicted individuals (p < 0.05). No significant differences were observed between groups under the eyes‐closed condition (p > 0.05). During the texting task, smartphone‐addicted individuals demonstrated lower postural sway values (p < 0.05). No significant differences were found between the groups in overall posture assessment. Discussion: The results indicate an association between smartphone addiction status and postural control during attention‐demanding tasks, suggesting that digital dependency may be related to differences in motor control and postural stability mechanisms in young adults. Future studies should include larger and more diverse samples, integrate dynamic balance assessments, and utilize objective postural analysis methods to further clarify the relationship between smartphone addiction and postural stability. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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