The relation between extracurricular school activities including time spent with tablets/mobile devices and musculoskeletal lumbar and cervical spinal pain in high school children in Cyprus.

BMC Pediatr · 2026 · PMC13244851 · PMID 42021245

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Cervical pain was more common in females but this finding did not reach statistical significance.

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highly significantno p-value reported

The highly significant correlation between the presence of lumbar and cervical spinal pain suggests a systemic or "generalized" pathology rather than isolated mechanical strain.

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