Effects of a two-school-year multifactorial back education program in elementary schoolchildren

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 1965-1973

  Geldhof, Elisabeth ^a   Cardon, Greet ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   De Clercq, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Back education program; Back pain; Primary prevention; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE;

BACK; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 33748040091     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000228722.12968.d2     Document Type: Article

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