So it is weaker evidence," says Mark Sayers, co-author on the paper. To actually perform a study on whether our phones are causing this bizarre horn, we'd need to look at the protuberance in a group of to year-olds who don't use their phones every day and compare them to those who do. There are some questionable figures in the Scientific Reports paper, such as Figure 3, which specifically points to the differences in size of forward head protraction but doesn't include a legend or explanation of the graph beyond its axis labels, unusual for a publication like this.
Some have also said a subsequent graph contradicts the text. We're also not sure about how this growth developed in young adults over the last century, with the paper pointing to an French surgeon's analysis of the bone and only one previous data set, which was provided by the same two researchers. It's also important to note that Shahar, first author on the paper, runs the website and YouTube channel Dr. He mentions he still treats patients in multiple locations and actively promotes good, healthy posture.
In the past, he has developed a thoracic pillow in an attempt to fix bad posture and has publicized this on both the website and YouTube. He maintains that he has no conflict of interest in this particular study. Posture or any of my other concepts that I've developed over the years, only because I was concerned that people will think that I do have any type of a vested interest," he says. This is what I did in in terms of trying to help my patients and the population.
In reporting on the research, several outlets suggested the "horns" may be a sign of skeletal degradation, or at least associated with posture problems. However, there's no reason to believe that. Sims notes it's not necessarily a bad thing to see those protrusions and there's no evidence to suggest they are associated with negative outcomes.
If our phones were causing this, it may just be a physiological adaptation to changing circumstances. We don't really know that. It's fascinating to think our reliance on our devices can cause a change in the very way our bodies are structured -- but it's also the kind of idea that requires extensive follow-up and examination of the data before drawing such conclusions. Multiple publications, including The New York Times, have refuted the claims since they were originally posted, but that can't stem the viral nature of the initial piece.
It's a noteworthy difference because it highlights our predisposition to fear what our devices might silently be doing to us and the need to exhibit caution, particularly when it comes to scientific research. It's true that when the digital age ensnared us all, we started seeing problems like "tech neck" and other slouching-related maladies doing damage to our spines. With the rollout of 5G , we're again asking ourselves about the perils of our phone use and whether our ever-connected world is a threat to our health.
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