Gender-age environmental associates of middle school students' low back pain

Work

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-206

  Chiang, Hsin Yu ^a   Jacobs, Karenk ^a   Orsmond, Gael ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Backpack load; Ergonomics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SPORT; TIME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; AGE; BIOENGINEERING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; STUDENT; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33645319034     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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