首先是肢体重复性劳损症,然后是短信脖。
First there was RSI, then text neck.
如今,越来越多的人遭受着因过度使用智能手机而引起的手指变大之苦。
Now, soaring numbers of people are suffering from swiper's thumb due to the overuse of smartphones.
新的研究称过度劳作的手指会比人原来的惯用手大15%。
New research claims the overworked digit has become as much as 15 per cent bigger on people's dominant hand.
年龄从18岁到34岁的年轻人已经注意到了这个变化,1/8的人因为长期不断的敲打和紧握手机而导致肢体变形。
Young adults aged 18 to 34 have noticed the most changes, with one in eight developing the deformityas a result of continuous tapping and grappling with large handsets.
总的来说,1/3的智能手机用户感觉到他们的身体因手机的使用而出现了变化。
In total, a third of smartphone users felt their bodies had evolved as a result of mobile phone use.
上百万的人说他们已经因使用手机的方式出现了小拇指缩小的现象。
And millions said they had also developed an indent in their little finger from the way they cradle their phones.