One of the 'trend' recently researchers have realized is the thumb size of mobile phone fans.

 

最近，研究者们意识到了一种趋势，那就是手机控们的拇指大小。

 

This fact was revealed in a survey conducted a phone manufacturer from the UK, O2 of the 2,000 respondents. 

 

According to research, the size of the thumb of people who spend a lot of time with her cell phone could be 15 percent larger than the others, especially in the dominant¹ hand is concerned. 

 

This trend is most often seen in the mobile phone users aged² 18-34, and 1 in 8 people proved to have the magnification of the thumb as a result of constantly pressing the touch screen cell phone. 

 

Not only that, more and more mobile phone users claim their little finger slightly curved for the same reason. Total one-third of mobile users who recognize the physical changes due to the use of mobile phones. 

 

How not, the same research reveal the average time each person spends on his cell phone for two hours a day. 19 percent even claim could not live without a cell phone even if only for a day. 

 

"The muscles of our thumbs are very complex and are located at the base of the thumb, but also connected with the wrist. So as a result of 'thumb swiping' or slide the screen with your thumb can increase muscle strength, as well as its mass so that the thumb becomes increasingly bigger," explains therapist hands Nicola Goldsmith.

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