Backpack as a daily load for schoolchildren

34·8% of Italian schoolchildren carry more than 30% of their bodyweight at least once a week, exceeding limits proposed for adults. Given increasing evidence of back pain in children, the time has come to propose some limitations to backpack load.

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 1999-12, Vol.354 (9194), p.1974-1974
Main Authors: Negrini, Stefano, Carabalona, Roberta, Sibilla, Paolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Back - physiology
Back pain
Backpacks
Biological and medical sciences
Body Weight
Child
Children & youth
Cumulative Trauma Disorders - etiology
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Female
Guidelines
Humans
Italy
Low Back Pain - etiology
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...)
Weight
Weight-Bearing - physiology
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Summary:34·8% of Italian schoolchildren carry more than 30% of their bodyweight at least once a week, exceeding limits proposed for adults. Given increasing evidence of back pain in children, the time has come to propose some limitations to backpack load.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04520-1