The Effect of Mobile Phone on the Finger Muscles in Sedentary and Athletes

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effect of the fifth finger between adduction and abduction muscle strength according to the way athletes and sedentary mobile phones hold. 154 participants were included in the study. The participants were asked whether they were using mobile phones with one hand or both hands. The manual muscle test was performed by the physiotherapist. The statistical analysis of the data obtained was made with the SPSS 19.0 package program. A statistically significant difference was found between the abduction force of the fifth finger on the dominant side of the athlete and sedentary participants holding a mobile phone with one hand (p<0.05).The abduction force of the dominant side fifth finger was compared according to the ways of sedentary cell phone holding, statistical significance was found (p<0.05). When the strengths of the athletes were compared according to their way of holding the cell phone, no statistical significance was found (p> 0.05). When using sedentary mobile phones with one hand, the abduction force of the fifth finger was found to be higher than the athletes. Due to the exercise programs of athletes, strong similarities can be accepted bilaterally. However, the use of mobile phones with one hand as a result of mobile phones reveals the power difference. Sedentary people should turn to use phones with two hands. Besides, it is thought that they can eliminate force imbalance by doing bilateral exercises.