Tablet use: significance of usage position and potential for neck damage
Oxford, UK, March 2015 Tablet use has rocketed. Last year in the US, for example, 42% of under 18’s owned one and more than half of 35-49 year olds used them regularly. This figure seems unlikely to decrease and yet only limited guidance is available on minimising health risks. Tablet use requires significant head and neck flexion and has implications for potential neck injury to users. In this article in Ergonomics, the authors evaluate the head-neck biomechanics during tablet use, the implications for the neck