The prevalence, risk factors, prognosis and treatment for back pain in children and adolescents: An overview of systematic reviews

SJ Kamper, TP Yamato, CM Williams - Best Practice & Research Clinical …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Emerging data suggest that back pain in adolescents is responsible for a substantial
disability burden and consumes considerable healthcare services. Of further concern is the …

Do schoolbags cause back pain in children and adolescents? A systematic review

TP Yamato, CG Maher, AC Traeger… - British Journal of …, 2018‏ - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective To investigate whether characteristics of schoolbag use are risk factors for back
pain in children and adolescents. Data sources Electronic searches of MEDLINE, EMBASE …

Schoolbag carriage and schoolbag-related musculoskeletal discomfort among primary school children

S Dockrell, C Simms, C Blake - Applied ergonomics, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Schoolbag carriage is a common occurrence and has been associated with musculoskeletal
discomfort in children. The current study investigated the relationship between schoolbag …

Back pain in children and adolescents

S Achar, J Yamanaka - American family physician, 2020‏ - aafp.org
Back pain is a relatively common presenting symptom in children and adolescents. Typical
causes include muscle strain or spasm, spinal deformities (eg, Scheuermann kyphosis …

Effects of backpack load and position on body strains in male schoolchildren while walking

YL Chen, YC Mu - PloS one, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
Data regarding the effects of backpack carriage on children's body strains while walking are
limited. This study measured the body posture, muscle activation, and subjective discomfort …

Backpack-back pain complexity and the need for multifactorial safe weight recommendation

AJ Adeyemi, JM Rohani, MRA Rani - Applied ergonomics, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The study analysed backpack-related back pain in school children by investigating the
possibility of multiple interactions among causative factors, which may be responsible for the …

Backpack carriage effect on head posture and ground reaction forces in school children

DM Mosaad, AA Abdel-Aziem - Work, 2015‏ - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Carrying the school bag may lead to forward leaning of the head and trunk
which may result in spinal deformities. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to …

Relationship between school backpacks and musculoskeletal pain in children 8 to 10 years of age: an observational, cross-sectional and analytical study

T Lopez Hernandez, M Caparo Ferre… - International journal of …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Back pain in children is a reality and various factors are involved in its etiology. The study's
aim was to analyze the relationship between the use and type of backpack and pain in …

The relationship between back pain and schoolbag use: a cross-sectional study of 5,318 Italian students

I Aprile, E Di Stasio, MT Vincenzi, MF Arezzo… - The Spine Journal, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Back pain at a young age is considered to be predictive of
chronicity. Several studies have investigated the relationship between the use of a …

A study of school bag weight and back pain among primary school children in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia

SA Al-Saleem, A Ali, SI Ali… - Epidemiology …, 2016‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The recommended weight of schoolbags is less than 10-15% of the body
weight. Heavy schoolbags may result in musculoskeletal and psychological problems …