Cervical spine range of motion in hotel telephonists comparing headset and handset telephones
Item
- Title
- Cervical spine range of motion in hotel telephonists comparing headset and handset telephones
- Author(s)
- Large Victoria
- Abstract
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ABSTRACTBackground: People who use the telephone in the work place have interested research in the past. The focus of this previous research has been around the benefits of headset use, and the subjective pain reports of the subject's. However no previous research has been undertaken to objectively measure the cervical spine range of motion comparing the use of handset and headset telephones.
Method: This study investigated the cervical spine range of motion in hotel telephonists comparing headset and handset telephones. It was proposed that headset telephone users would have a greater range of motion in the cervical spine. 46 asymptomatic female subjects were investigated. 17 headset users, 19 handset users and 10 New recruits. The headset group were measured with a cervical range of motion device on 2 occasions with a gap of 1 month in between the measurements. The handset and new recruit groups were pre tested with the cervical range of motion device followed by the use of the handset telephone for a period of 1 month. A 2nd pre test measurement was taken, followed by the intervention of headset use for the period of 1 month, followed by post-test measurement of all the cervical spine vectors (flexion, extension, left and right lateral flexion and left and right rotation)
Results: The results showed that there was significant cervical spine range of motion changes in the Handset group, in the vectors of flexion, right lateral flexion, left and right rotation after the intervention of headset use. The result that was significant in the new recruits group of subjects was in the vector of left lateral flexion after the intervention of headset use. The headset group showed no significant changes in the vectors of flexion right lateral flexion and left and right rotation. With no intervention in the headset group there was significant post-test difference in the vectors of extension and left lateral flexion.
Conclusion: These findings suggest that handset telephone users after a period of 1month headset use will have a significant increase in the cervical spine range of motion. - presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 0
- Date Submitted
- 1.1.1970 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 13591
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Large Victoria, “Cervical spine range of motion in hotel telephonists comparing headset and handset telephones”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 22, 2025, https://library.wso.at/s/orw/item/1166