Cardio-respiratory adjustments and cost of locomotion in school children during backpack walking (the Italian Backpack Study)

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 41-48

  Merati, Giampiero ^a   Negrini, Stefano ^a   Sarchi, Paola ^a   Mauro, Franco ^b   Veicsteinas, Arsenio ^c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back pain; Backpack; Cost of locomotion; External load; Walking

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; LOCOMOTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING; WALKING; WEIGHT; WORKLOAD;

BACK; BACK PAIN; CHILD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFTING; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034914210     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210100428     Document Type: Article

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