Backpacks and back pain: Where's the epidemic?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 437-439

  Wall, Eric J ^a   Foad, Susan L ^a   Spears, John ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Bicounty Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Backpack

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BACK PAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037595322     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-200307000-00004     Document Type: Article

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