Backpack as a daily load for schoolchildren.

Negrini, S; Carabalona, R; Sibilla, P · Lancet · 1999

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

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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