The association of backpack use and back pain in adolescents

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 922-930

  Sheir Neiss, Geraldine I ^a   Kruse, Richard W ^a   Rahman, Tariq ^a   Jacobson, Lisa P ^b   Pelli, Jennifer A ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Back pain; Backpacks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACKPACK; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLOTHING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACK PAIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAWARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK PAIN; ODDS RATIO; PENNSYLVANIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037626098     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200305010-00015     Document Type: Article

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