Women more likely to suffer from ‘iPad neck’ than men

A woman reads a tablet beside a fire pit on cold winter evening outside the Science Center at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

New US research has found that neck pain caused by using iPads and tablets could be affecting women more than men – and that poor posture is the biggest factor contributing to pain. 

Carried out by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas along with researchers from hospitals and physical therapy centres across Southern Nevada, the new study surveyed 412 participants (135 men and 275 women) who used touchscreen tablet computers.