From 'playstation thumb' to 'cellphone thumb': The new epidemic in teenagers

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-162

  Karim, Safura Abdool ^a,b  

^a Durban Girls' College ^*  (South Africa)

^b Durban College of Education   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AGE; BACKACHE; BLISTER; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LETTER; LIMB PAIN; MOBILE PHONE; NECK PAIN; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SYMPTOM; TECHNOLOGY; THUMB INJURY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; FEMALE; MALE; RECREATION; SOUTH AFRICA; THUMB;

ADOLESCENT; CELLULAR PHONE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; THUMB; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 68949143000     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Abdool Karim S. Playstation thumb - a new epidemic in children. S Afr Med J 2005; 95: 412.