The Impact of Handheld Device Use on Hand Biomechanics - MDPI Cell phone use has become ubiquitous in everyday life for many, yet the potential long-term impacts on hand biomechanics remain unknown A review was performed on the topic of handheld device use and biomechanics of the hand to identify common findings as well as gaps in the literature
Can Smartphone Overuse Permanently Damage Thumb Function . . . Existing research increasingly suggests that thumb damage is caused by excessive smartphone use Nonetheless, additional experimental and computational research focusing on the thumb muscles and tendons of heavy smartphone users are necessary to provide more definitive answers
Effect of Smartphone on Hand Performance and Strength in the Healthy . . . This weakness is caused by repeated flexion and extension of the finger, thumb, and wrist which leads to greater musculoskeletal disorders The association between smartphone usage duration (as measured by the phone's capacity to track screen time) and hand-grip are incompletely defined
Development of an interactive biosensing application for assessing . . . Analysis of finger dexterity by age disclosed better performance in the younger age group (<35 years); no effect of gender for both velocity and deviation was observed The developed digital application allows immediate evaluation of finger dexterity