The postural effects of load carriage on young people - A systematic review

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-7

  Steele, Emily ^a   Bialocerkowski, Andrea ^b   Grimmer, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CHILD CARE; DATA BASE; ENGINEERING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH; HEALTH SCIENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT BEARING; ADOLESCENT; BACKACHE; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; BACK PAIN; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; HUMANS; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 2942741055     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-4-12     Document Type: Review

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