title: Association between home posture habits and neck pain in High School adolescents.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Neck pain (NP) in adolescence is as frequent as in adulthood. However, the relationship between home posture habits and neck pain is still unknown.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence of NP and the association with home posture habits (HPH) in adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study with High School adolescents. Students answered questions regarding sociodemographic variables, lifestyle, HPH (illustration in the questionnaire), time (TV, computer, video-game) and the presence of NP. Multivariate logistic regression was used to investigate the association between HPH and NP.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of NP was 48.9%. The ones who watched TV lying supine in bed for 2 hours or more a day yielded an odds ratio (OR) of 6.21 (1.45-26.52) for acute neck pain (ANP). Who watched TV and used the desktop in the slump posture yielded, respectively, an OR of 4.0 (1.63-9.85), and 2.03 (1.23-3.34) for chronic neck pain (CNP). The ones who frequently changed their positions while using the desktop and used it for 2 hours or more a day yielded an OR of 0.34 (0.14-0.85) for ANP.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings support the high prevalence of NP in adolescence and raise the association between some HPH and neck pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Augusto Motta University Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ney
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Meziat-Filho
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gulnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Azevedo E Silva
authors.affiliation: National School of Public Health - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil.
authors.forename: Evandro Silva
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Coutinho
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, Naval Academy, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mendonça
authors.affiliation: Outpatient Department of Physical Therapy, Secretariat of Health of Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011187:Posture; D015995:Prevalence; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D018910:Video Games; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Spinal pain; habits; posture; prevalence; teenagers