HUBUNGAN LAMA PENGGUNAAN SMARTPHONE TERHADAP RISIKO NECK PAIN PADA MAHASISWA FISIOTERAPI UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG

Background: Neck pain is a felt discomfort sensation from base of skull (occiput) to the upper backbone and enlarges laterally to superior outer boundary of the shoulder blade (scapula). The use of smartphone with a long duration can increase 12 to 40 percent risk of neck pain. The aim of research to determine correlation between long duration of use smartphone to the neck pain risk in physiotherapy students of Muhammadiyah Malang University. Method: The design was used in this research by descriptive analytically with observational studies to analyze correlation between using smartphone in long duration to the occurrence of neck pain in physiotherapy students of Muhammadiyah Malang University. The study was conducted from 3-6 April 2018 with (n = 90). The instruments of research used nordic body map questionnaire and likert scale while chi square test was done for data analysis. Result: The result of the research with chi square test show that p significance value is greater than alpha (0,727> 0,05), its's means H1 is rejected and H0 accepted, so there is no correlation between using smartphone in long duration to the risk of neck pain in physiotherapy students of Muhammadiyah Malang University. Conclusion: There is no correlation between using smartphone in long duration to the risk of neck pain in physiotherapy students of Muhammadiyah Malang University. With the p value (sig. 2 tailed) 0.727, it's show there is no correlation