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Table 5 Symptom prevalence and posture adopted during device usage, by device type

From: Musculoskeletal symptoms among adult smartphone and tablet device users: a retrospective study

Adopted posture

Smartphone user symptom prevalence (of n)

Tablet user symptom prevalence (of n)

Sitting

55.8% (of 165)

50.8% (of 61)

Standing

49.5% (of 109)

36.4% (of 11)

Lying on back

55.8% (of 95)

47.4% (of 19)

Lying on side

55.3% (of 85)

47.4% (of 19)

Lying on front

50% (of 14)

50% (of 38)

Varying positions

52.5% (of 99)

50% (of 12)

  1. Note: n refers to the number of participants who adopted this particular position some of the time when using the specified device