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SynthesisEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2023

Dose-response relationship between daily screen time and the risk of low back pain among children and adolescents: a meta-analysis of 57831 participants.

Cheng Yue, Guo Wenyao, Ya Xudong, Shao Shuang, Shao Zhuying, Zhu Yizheng, Zhou Linlin, Chen Jinxin, Wang Xingqi, Liu Yujia

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Synthesis in Environmental health and preventive medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Cheng YueDepartment of Physical Education, Jiangsu Normal University.
Guo WenyaoDepartment of Physical Education, Jiangsu Normal University.
Ya XudongDepartment of Physical Education, Jiangsu Normal University.
Shao ShuangDepartment of Physical Education, Jiangsu Normal University.
Shao ZhuyingDepartment of Physical Education, Jiangsu Normal University.
Zhu YizhengDepartment of Physical Education, Jiangsu Normal University.
Zhou LinlinDepartment of Physical Education, Jiangsu Normal University.
Chen JinxinYancheng Xinyang Youth Development Service Center.
Wang XingqiBiomedical R&d Center, School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University.
Liu YujiaDepartment of Physical Education, Jiangsu Normal University.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6261-9827

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe risk of low back pain (LBP) increases steeply during adolescence, and adolescents with LBP are more likely to have low back pain in their adult years. This study aimed to investigate the dose-response relationship between daily screen time and the risk of low back pain among children and adolescents.

methodsPubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, and Web of Science were searched to collect relevant studies on daily screen time and the risk of low back pain from the establishment of the database up to December 2022. Two investigators independently screened the literature, extracted data, and evaluated the risk of bias in the included studies. Stata16.0 was used to perform a dose-response meta-analysis and the methodological quality evaluation of the included studies.

resultsThe results of the meta-analysis showed that there is a positive correlation between daily computer time (OR = 1.32, 1.05-1.60), daily mobile phone time (OR = 1.32, 1.00-1.64), daily TV watching (OR = 1.07, 1.04-1.09) and the risk of low back pain, separately. The dose-response meta-analysis showed that there is a linear relationship between daily computer use and low back pain. The risk of low back pain increased by 8.2% for each 1-hour of daily computer use.

conclusionsScreen time is related to the risk of low back pain, and there is a linear relationship between daily computer use and the risk of low back pain. A number of strategic measures should be taken to prevent adolescents from developing severe low back pain.

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Low Back PainAdolescentAdultChildHumansScreen TimeAdolescentDose-responseLow back painMeta-analysisScreen

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PMID37899211
PMCPMC10613558

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