Handwork: how smartphones deform users' hands

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Frequent use of gadgets is not only dangerous for the brain and eyes.

Even a thumb can suffer from a tablet or mobile phone.

British researchers have found that the number of people suffering from thumb snapping due to excessive use of smartphones is increasing.

Swiping is a contact movement that allows you to move attachments on your phone or scroll through your news feed. It is more convenient to do it with your thumb, while holding the phone in it.

Young people between the ages of 18 and 34 have noticed changes in their dominant hands. Finger deformation manifested itself in one of eight respondents. The reason for the defect is the constant set of characters and interaction with large gadgets.

Many users also complain about the deviation of the little finger to the side because of the habit of holding the phone in one hand. Surveys also claim that a too-trained thumb becomes more visually.

Experimental data suggests that two out of five citizens (that is, 37%) believe that their body will continue to adapt to their favorite devices.

On average, people allow themselves 2 hours of communication with a smartphone per day.

Orthopedist Nicolas Goldsmith commented on the survey:

“The muscles of our thumbs are very complex and are located both at the base of the finger itself and in the forearm. Therefore, high intensity screen movements can give muscles mass and strength. These localized changes—particularly enlarged thumbs and deviated little fingers—are becoming the new norm in younger people who are using smartphones longer, the study found. There is no need to worry that children will have giant thumbs in the future, as a new type of interaction with our phones is being improved - language recognition, which will prevent any long-term changes,” the doctor reassured everyone.

In general, 2000 people were polled. One out of five (that is, 19% of us) cannot live a day without a smartphone. Another 20% of respondents admitted that they fell asleep with gadgets in hand.

The survey also found out that 5% of smartphone users are so used to them that they feel phantom vibrations in their pockets, imagining that the phone is vibrating and ringing when in fact it is quiet.

Despite this, one in six respondents (17%) believes that telephones allow us to live longer. Among respondents aged from 18 to 34 years, this figure rises to 27%.

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