Indian Journal of Medical and Health Sciences

This short article is aimed to enlighten the terminology associated with cervicobrachial pain syndrome, and to provide implications for medical and healthcare evaluation and treatment of this condition. 

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Keywords: Adolescent; Mental Health; Social Media. 

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Background: Advances in mobile based software application made the estimation of one’s reaction time (RT) with more accuracy and reliable. But whether the same can be established by the Ruler Drop Method (RDM) in children are not yet explored. Objective: To establish the validity of RDM in typically developing children (TDC). Method: Eighteen TDC were recruited for the cross-sectional study by the simple random sampling from recognized school. All the anthropometric measurement were taken prior to commencement of the study. In RDM, the child were made to sit with their dominant forearm resting on a flat horizontal table surface, with their open hand at the edge of the surface. When the examiner suspend and release the ruler vertically the child were instructed to catch it as quickly as possible. The distance the ruler fell was recorded, in centimetres, by measuring from the end of the ruler to superior aspect of the child’s hand. This distance was converted to reaction time in milliseconds (ms). Spearman’a Rank-Order correlation was used to establish the validity with the mobile based software application (MBSA) in estimating RT as the criterion referenced. Result: RDM shows moderate to good degree of relationship with MBSA with Spearman’s Á (rho) = 0.54 (p=0.031). Conclusion: RDM is proved to be valid among TDC. 

Keywords: Boys; Children; Girls; Reaction Time Ruler; Ruler; Ruler Drop Test; Validity.  

 20 million people are experiencing various work related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSD) around the world. These are group of painful disorders of muscles, tendons, and nerves, which occurs as a result of frequent or repetitive activities with awkward postures. Software professionals who usually adopt an awkward posture are more prone to develop WRMSD. Evidence suggested that long and extended working hours and rate of disorders are significantly correlated. This study aims to identify the prevalence of various WRMSD in software professionals who works in an IT industry. 400 software professionals were selected through convenient sampling method with descriptive study design. Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire was given to all the participants. Data was evaluated and analyzed using SPSS software. The result findings shows that low back pain ranks first among the overall WRMSD and spine related problems are most common than peripheral extremities. 

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