The associations between adolescent head-on-neck posture, backpack weight, and anthropometric features

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 2262-2267

  Grimmer, Karen A ^a   Williams, Marie T ^a   Gill, Tiffany K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anthropometry; Craniovertebral angle; Load carrying

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; POSTURE; SEX FACTORS; SKULL BASE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032751402     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199911010-00015     Document Type: Article

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