School bag carriage and pain in school children

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-59

  Puckfree, T ^a   Silal, S P ^a   Lin, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0742306403     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280310001616376     Document Type: Article

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