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PREVELANCE OF NECK PAIN AMONG STUDENTS USING HARD COPIES FOR STUDIES IN COMPARISON TO STUDENTS USING SOFT COPIES

Dr. Rabia Iqbal, Aiman sameen, Aynan Javaid, Sarah Syed, Areeba Arshad

The objective of this study was to investigate the neck problems arising among students because of use of laptops and computers. A cross sectional survey was administrated in Gujranwala Institute of Rehabilitation sciences, Punjab University and Gift University. Undergraduate students from different institutes of Gujranwala participated in this survey. Opinion from Participants was taken regarding the neck problems arising because of using soft copies by comparing them with the students using hard copies. For this purpose, a well-structured questionnaire was used to investigate neck problems among students. SPSS software was used for Data analysis. We have found that most of the participants were females. The study aimed to examine the influence of neck pain arising due to use of computer, laptops and tablets. Female students reported high incidence of neck pain because of using soft copies as compare to male students. Keywords: Soft copies, Hard copies, Neck pain, undergraduate students.

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