Relationship Between the Incidence of de Quervain’s Disease Among Teenagers and Mobile Gaming -Esports Medicine
De Quervain tenosynovitis is a painful condition affecting the tendons on the thumb side of the wrist and is a common diagnosis in the field of esports medicine. People usually feel pain while doing repetitive hand and wrist movements. When holding a phone sideways, our wrist gets in a dorsiflexion position with slight ulnar deviation. Staying in this position for long hours puts stress on the area that is present in de Quervain’s disease.