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ABSTRACT

TITLE: IMPORTANCE OF SCAPULAR MUSCLES STABILITY IN IMPROVING GRIP STRENGTH AMONG SMARTPHONE USERS: A Narrative Review

Author’s Name: Chandana N 1 (MPT 1 st year), Dr. Smruti Swagatika Dash 2 (MPT) ,

Dr.Rajendra Kachhawaha 3 (MPT,PhD)

BACKGROUND: Overuse of smartphones has become widely popular among young adults

for multiple uses other than communication, which includes gaming and browsing. Loss of

grip strength is the main complication found among smartphone users. Some studies found

that there is a relationship between scapular muscles and grip strength.

OBJECTIVE: This review was to determine the importance of scapular stabilization in

improving the grip among smartphone users

METHOD: Various literature searched from databases PubMed, Google scholars, Jospt,

Cochrane library. All the studies selected for this review were recent articles from 2010

onwards is randomized controlled trials, case series, systemic review. In total, four studies met

the inclusion criteria and were included.

RESULTS: The result indicated that there is a significant importance of scapular stability in

improving grip strength among smartphone users.

CONCLUSION: There was improvement in grip strength in population using smartphones

when treated with a scapular stabilization program.

KEYWORDS: Grip strength, Scapular stabilization, smartphone users,

Presenting author

Name- Chandana N

Email id -chandana31n@gmail.com

Ph no- 7904493141